Mr. Peter Walsh:

The circumstances are relatively the same as when I was before the committee previously. At the time, we were projecting on the basis of the contract sum for the N5 Ballaghaderreen-Scramoge road. Plainly, that is not going to apply anymore and that particular piece of the jigsaw is going to be reshaped.

The constraint of €1.1 billion in the years 2021 to 2025 did not allow for the progression of any other project besides possibly the N52 bypass. As such, what projects will be delivered within the period will not change. We were hoping to progress in a meaningful way the planning and design. That work may be confined-----