Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am becoming grievously worried, because if one contract falls behind, other projects will fall behind as well. In my own region, many projects are pending, including the M22 Macroom bypass and the M28, which is a motorway upgrade from Ringaskiddy to Carrigaline and to the Port of Cork. Looking at the bigger picture, there is also the planned Cork to Limerick M20 motorway, and another ring road will be needed in Cork City somewhere down the road as well. If this project falls behind, will all those other projects fall behind as well? Future Ministers for Transport, Tourism and Sport, or future taoisigh, will not roll all the money to one region in one go. I have meetings coming up in the autumn with the Cork Chamber of Commerce and IBEC, and they will be asking me what we are doing about the infrastructure in Cork. and what is the status of all these projects. The Dunkettle Interchange project will hopefully be fast-tracked again and the rest of them will fall into place but if not, will it have an impact? Could the witnesses see TII doing two projects in Cork in one year?