Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It seems that an incredible sum of money has been spent without anything happening, and without anybody being able to see physical work starting. I take on board the point that politicians have a job to do to try to shorten these processes. We do not want to take shortcuts because it is not about carrying out cowboy projects. We need to speed up the planning and preparation stage. We need to shorten the journey to get to awarding a tender and getting contractors on site.