Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I understand that and that is all good. I ask Mr. Nolan to do the following for the committee. The capital plan will be launched in one month's time - November is the date we have been given. Clearly TII receives sensitive information and I am not asking it to provide information it gives the Government. Will Mr. Nolan provide the committee with the criteria and weightings used for these criteria in its decisions on what will be its priorities? I refer to cost-benefit analyses and issues related to bottlenecks. I would like to see the weightings. There has to be a science behind this and I want to be assured the Department is taking this science seriously. I ask Mr. Nolan to provide this information to the committee. Once the capital plan is announced, members of the committee and other Members of the Oireachtas would like to ensure this matches up.

On the timeframe for doing this, I presume discussions have been ongoing for a considerable period.