Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Carey. As I said to colleagues previously, the political will is there to get this transferred as quickly as possible. A great deal of work has been done in the Department of Transport. An interdepartmental group was established with the Department of Transport, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the OPW and the Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to look at how we can move this forward. This was during the summer and work had taken place even before that. The Department has also worked with Shannon Group and Shannon Airport on this. I met the Minister Deputy O'Brien this morning and spoke to him about the urgency of getting this over the line. I know the concerns locally. I have reiterated at this meeting, and I will say it again to Deputy Carey, it is important for the future viability of these very important Shannon Heritage sites that we get the transfer completed as quickly as possible. The Minister Deputy O'Brien is engaging with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Deputy McGrath on the funding gap and what can be done to get this over the line. There is a real impetus on this. I want to see this transferred as quickly as possible. I reassure those in the locality that everything that can be done is being done to ensure we get this resolved.