As the Taoiseach knows, there is a major issue with An Bord Pleanála not delivering decisions in good time. There is a statutory objective, for example, of four months, and in many cases the decisions are not given within that time. I have a case of a person who applied for leave to apply for substitute consent over nine months ago and does not yet have a decision. Major infrastructure projects are taking years.

There is a planning and development (amendment) (No. 2) Bill on the priority legislative list. When will it be published and is it intended to put statutory limits on the amount of time An Bord Pleanála can take to come to decisions on all the different types of planning applications it handles?

I agree with the Deputy's comments on the length of time it is taking to get planning decisions and major infrastructural works done in the country. To that end there is a major review under way and over the next 12 months something that would ordinarily take three or four years will be done in one year. That will be led by the Attorney General and take in the entire planning code in order to get a more streamlined system.

There was a specific point around timelines and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is bringing forward legislation where the intention is to have specific timelines in which An Bord Pleanála will give consideration to projects. I am not sure if it is the Bill to which the Deputy referred but I will come back to him with the specific legislation relevant to the question he asked.