Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I suppose time will tell. I have a couple of other specific questions. I was not going to mention the Vote of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, but I will do so as a side issue. My personal view is that there needs to be a conversation about the capacity and resources of that office because it needs help with its humongous volume of work. My colleague who has now left referred to the national development plan or planning framework - whatever the Government is now calling it - which will run up to 2040. As it is not on a statutory basis, as far as I am concerned it is not even legal. Anyway, that is beside the point. I want to ask about how decisions on various components of the capital plan were made. I will focus on a particular area - the various roads projects - to make it easier. I understand that large changes were made to this plan, which is based on evidence, in recent weeks. What was involved in the process of engagement with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Transport Infrastructure Ireland in this regard?