Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I reiterate my thanks to the TII delegation for its various presentations, albeit not so much for the content, which was utterly depressing for those of us trying to develop balanced regional development and for those of us who live in the region. The luxury of having a Luas to Lucan is lovely but there has to be adequate road surface. The presentation was incredibly frustrating; I was getting madder and madder as I read it. I want to bring the witnesses through a couple of areas their presentations. In their submission, they say the current rules of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform state that PPPs cannot be used for roads in future. Why is that? Deputy Eamon Ryan asked a question about TII's pipeline. If PPPs could be used, what would that change in the delivery capacity of the pipeline, given that the only projects being delivered at the moment are three PPP projects?

I can ask all my questions or go through them one by one, whichever the Acting Chairman prefers.