Mr. Hugh Creegan:

Up to the past few years, finance was a big issue because such schemes are expensive. For one of the schemes on which we are working, at the Royal Canal, the budget is in the multiple millions of euro. It is not a small-scale scheme. The funding is now available but we have to catch up on the planning aspect. There are also challenges to have the scheme approved, for all the reasons the Deputy mentioned.

There are others in respect of which there are environmental issues to be addressed, in particular on the Royal Canal. These are not unusual impediments. Rather, they are the usual impediments but it takes time for the issues to be dealt with.