00:00I'm here with Minister Gordon Lyons in Stormont. Minister, you're mentioning that there were a lot of problems with red tape around getting the Queen's Parade project in Bangor started. How did you find cutting through those?
00:12I think it was always going to be a difficult project because of the number of different stakeholders involved. The Council, Department for Communities, Department for Infrastructure, Bangor Marine and the Crown Estate.
00:23And it is really frustrating being in government and being somebody that wants to get things done because there are often barriers and obstacles that get put in your way.
00:32But you can't let those distract you. You have to get on with each one, take each problem as it comes and do your best to get through it.
00:40But I think we need to see a change in approach in government. Instead of looking for reasons why we can't do something,
00:47we need to try and find ways in order for us to get things done and completely transform our thinking.
00:55And I think that is one of the problems that we face. And that's why it's so important having ministers in post to push that forward,
01:00to press things on, to make sure the pressure can be put on so that things can be changed
01:05and that we have a focus on actually delivering and not getting caught up in the process itself.
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