Cathal Byrne (Fine Gael)

I thank the witnesses very much for coming before the committee. I see our role as trying to come up with recommendations to streamline the process for the delivery of key infrastructural projects. I am interested in hearing feedback on that theme.

I will focus exclusively on the delivery of motorways. I will concentrate on the Oilgate to Rosslare motorway in my area of Wexford.

I want to ask a couple of questions about the status of that at the moment. It appears to me that it is tied in with the climate action plan, the judicial reviews taken on the Galway ring road, the need for mitigation and active travel measures. I am interested in getting some feedback on how the witnesses see this playing out on these projects in the future. If we are trying to deliver a motorway, trying to incorporate footpaths and cycle lanes into that seems to be against what we are ultimately trying to achieve. I would like to get some feedback on how the witnesses are dealing with the impact of the decision to quash the planning permission for the Galway ring road because the climate action plan measures were not fully incorporated into it.