Ann Ormonde (Fianna Fail)

Points have been made. We are all talking about good standards in the operation of this Bill. However, there was a suggestion that to put one's house in order, one might have to apply for planning permission. Has the Minister taken into account that if the planning permission is refused, An Bord Pleanála might come into play? I am curious about that. I acknowledge he has gone some way down the road by providing six months. Ideally it should be 12 months but six months is fine if everything goes well. What would happen where planning permission was refused and the application was delayed beyond six months?