Mr. Peter Walsh:

A public consultation will commence on the stretch of the N24 from Cahir to Limerick Junction. This will be the first of the non-statutory public consultations, and I think it will commence in several weeks. We are aware of some of the interest expressed concerning how Tipperary town should be treated, etc.. The project is in development and it is one of the list of projects covered in the NDP that is to be brought through planning development under the plan. There was no commitment to construction regarding that project in the current NDP, and the progression of that project will be a matter for consideration by the Departments of Transport and Public Expenditure and Reform as part of the revised NDP. We are supporting the progression of the design. I can get more detail on that matter separately for the Deputy.

I am reading from a paragraph I was given, but we can provide the Deputy with a little more information on that.

The Thurles project does not exist on any active list at the moment. I am aware that there is a selected route, but as a project it is not active.