Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is quite a list of projects. TII's plan has various phases. Some attention needs to be brought to the first four phases. It seems to me that the last three phases can happen relatively quickly. If we could get the same sense of urgency around the first four phases, we would actually be delivering projects in a much more timely manner and resolving many of these issues. I see the list of bypasses here. We really need to see some progress. I am sorry for indulging this, Chair.

What I get from Mr. Walsh's answer is that much of this seems to relate to those four phases and, in particular, the Department of Transport perhaps giving this more scrutiny than is needed in order to ensure we get value for money. That time costs a significant amount of public money.