Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery

Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)

Is it fair to say that something is dysfunctionally wrong with those particular applications or how the State is treating them? Consider the Dublin metro project, for example. This is one of the biggest and most important applications concerning the city. Dublin is one of the only European cities that does not have a rail line going from the city centre to the airport. We spent €300 million on that application and the whole process so far. Many people would find it outrageous that not a shovel has been put into the ground for that. What is the dysfunction for that taking so long?

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