Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We must be careful here in that we must provide good quality greenways, but we also have a very extensive network to build. What I am saying to TII is that we must be careful we do not over-engineer. We learnt during Covid that we could do things very quickly. The critical political decision is for there to be a good surface and to provide the space. Does it have to be the mother of all engineering solutions with all the bells and whistles? Greenways in particular do not carry heavy weight. More than anything else, it is a matter of reallocating space. TII must be careful not to over-engineer in some of the solutions. We can always go back and re-engineer if there is a particular problem. Speed is of the essence now. We can test it, and it is great if it works, we can double down on the investment and if it does not, we can take it out. A lot of the time now, it is all about the speed of delivery. We must give the same message to TII and councils; to build quickly here. I know that is not easy sometimes because of the planning system but the public will be supportive of these new services because they really want them.