Cyprian Brady (Fianna Fail)

Some of the projects to be dealt with under this legislation will be among the largest in the history of the State. They will be even bigger into the future. I suggest that the 18-week interval could be found at some stage in the future to be too short and extensions may be sought. It does, at least, leave it open for decisions to be made quicker, if it says "within a period of 18 weeks". In the future, when some of the major projects come on stream, it could be that the time interval will need to be extended.