Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Spratt and all those attending today. I will start with the easy questions, including with regard to the metro. I am sure the witnesses are very familiar with the greater Dublin transport strategy in draft format that was presented this week. I have read it and been briefed on it by the National Transport Authority and I know the headlines that indicate the metro has been deferred by a decade are not true. What is not clear, however, is whether there is any timeline at all. When this goes to the Cabinet to consider as a business case, will a timeline be attached and what will be the timeline? This week the National Transport Authority was unable to give any indicative start date for construction or operation.