John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I have a question on the process from here on. I raise this because there is some confusion over it and the €2 billion fund that has been earmarked or ring-fenced for the major urban areas, plus some other urban areas identified in the national development plan. I do not believe it is an exaggeration to say that it was expected in Waterford - I can speak only about my own constituency - that there would be a specific allocation announced last week for particular projects in the city. There was genuine disappointment when this did not occur. Since last week, people have been asking what the process is. This question has been asked by the city and county manager and other officials in terms of how we are to deal with this from now on. Perhaps the Minister could elaborate on the process we can expect from now on. The levels of anticipation and expectation were very high. It was expected that the figures would be specific to Waterford under the national development plan. When they were not, there was some surprise.