Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will come back to that. I want to ask the Minister of State some brief questions on my county of Donegal and one question on the overall Estimates in terms of the capital expenditure. On the Donegal town CFRAM report, the Minister of State acknowledged that the project is not in the first phase of projects and that the OPW and Donegal County Council were working closely to ensure it commences as early as possible in the current programme of investment. Is there any update or has there been any movement on that work in Donegal town?

The Minister of State also said that six projects in Donegal were selected to be progressed as part of the first phase of the implementation, in addition to projects that were already progressed for Raphoe. He said that consultants were appointed for the projects in Lifford, Burnfoot and Castlefinn and that the county council is in the process of designing the Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Buncrana-Luddan and Ramelton projects in a bundled format. Have the design consultants for Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Buncrana-Luddan and Ramelton been selected? If not, what is the status of the procurement process and when is it likely to occur? People are eager that there is progress in this. I have two other questions then following that.