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

I very much appreciate the answers given in the previous round despite the questions coming in rapid fire to both Mr. Coleman and Mr. O'Rourke. Like Senator Fitzpatrick, I was looking at what is happening in my constituency but there is nothing on the current list. That is, in part, because much of the public land is owned by the local authority and will be developed by it. There is a significant presence of IDA Ireland north of Ballymun. We engaged with that body during the local authority plan process but there did not seem to be much appetite either to develop the location for further industrial use or for housing. Has the agency had negotiations with IDA Ireland and were any of the sites at Ballymun counted in?

I have a question for Mr. O'Rourke. One of the great qualities he brings from Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, is the significant amount of consultation that TII does with all its projects. The timelines for delivery have been much more frustrating for TII so has he taken anything from that into his new role? The delivery lines for housing must be much shorter than those for some of the infrastructure projects.