Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

On the capital side, regardless of who is in government I do not believe we will have this completed in eight and a half years. We will have to step outside the box, make some recommendations as a committee and examine alternative funding mechanisms to deliver the scale of the budget required, whether through a national bond or some other mechanism, because we cannot wait any longer. This is a very good strategy, which has received broad political support, but we must make sure we can deliver it. On the current side, it will be difficult to deliver but, on the capital side, it will be virtually impossible. I believe the four people sitting across from me believe that also. This is an issue we should come back to and on which this committee should make a recommendation.