Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chairman. That is all the clarification I wanted.

It is very disappointing that there are no costings. We have only come out of a phase whereby we have heard and seen that the children's hospital, within the national development plan, combined with the national broadband plan, add an extra €2.5 billion to the national development plan. We have been told by the Minister that the money will be come from future revenues yet the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council state that is not credible. How credible is it now for this plan to be brought forward even though no proof has been given to us that the national development plan has been climate proofed? The plan was published yesterday but it did not include costings. The plan merely seems to be a reaction to the recent political competition, rather than a meaningful effort to inform the public that it will buy into this project with them, and help, assist and nudge them along. How will people be nudged along? Will people be given an incentive to ensure that the nudge is meaningful?