Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand Ms Brogan's position in terms of what she can and cannot say. We have a sense and are hearing - not necessarily from the Department explicitly - but from a range of stakeholders that there are serious concerns. If there were serious concerns and if there was a serious problem here, what would be an appropriate response from the Departments involved - the Departments of Transport and Public Expenditure and Reform? The Department of Transport has heard from TII, which suggests there needs to be a move in terms of the alignment of stakeholders, planning, regulation and public contracts. Let us project forward a couple of years and talk about a worst case scenario where multiple businesses are going to the wall and multiple projects on which the Department and the Government wish to deliver and that communities wish to see delivered are being delayed or are not happening. How do we avoid that in the context of what we are hearing from stakeholders and the crunch in terms of inflation? What sort of response do we need from Departments and Government?