Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With due respect, Mr. Spratt, the strategic framework for the investment in land transport in Ireland went out to public consultation prior to going to Cabinet. I feel Mr. Spratt is putting the cart before the horse. NIFTI should go out to public consultation. The process previously was that it went out to public consultation and then came back. Has a steering group been established for the national investment framework for transport in Ireland? Surely it should out go out to public consultation first. Is the document the Department is looking at considering projects under the national development plan? I know I am going into technical detail, but it is very important because there is a seismic shift in the way projects are assessed under the national investment framework for transport in Ireland and the strategic investment framework for land transport, which is currently the Government position. Can Mr. Spratt deal with that issue?