Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy there is no political blockage to that scheme getting up and running. The Government fully sanctioned the scheme. It is a very large scheme and will cost approximately €800 million making it the largest scheme of its type in the history of the State. It is the right thing to do and we considered it very carefully as a Government. I will ask the Minister to come back to the Deputy with a comprehensive note on the issue but I am informed that at the moment the Government is currently finalising the administrative structures required for the scheme. I will ask the Minister to come back to the Deputy with as specific a date as he can possibly provide for the actual opening of it. The Government provided the sanction and we want it to happen as quickly as possible. The issue is about administratively getting a complex scheme up and running but we want it to happen as quickly as possible.

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