The former Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation, Deputy McDaid, met the company almost three years ago and gave the development its blessing. The council believed it would be at construction stage within 12 months. The most recent letter I received from Longford County Council on 5 June stated the Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation in its letter of June 2002 had approved the appointment of consultants to bring the project to contract document stage and that the status of the project at that point was that the consultants were preparing to enter the public planning process.