Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)

Of course I am concerned about it. That is why I brought forward the Planning and Development Act 2024 last year in the Dáil, which the Deputy's party opposed, to streamline planning, set statutory timeframes for planning for An Bord Pleanála and define for the first time if observations are made or judicial reviews taken, the basis on which these are taken and to bring forward a cost scheme in that regard. I am fully supportive of third-party observations and people's right to those, but the Deputy, his constituents and the other residents of Galway are suffering continued congestion because the delay to this project is fundamentally due to continual and consistent planning objections and challenges to the road, the road network and the preferred routes. I cannot change that. That is where it is at. I would love to see this project progress.