Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North-West, Fianna Fail)

I did not intend to get into this much of the issue but I cannot allow it be put on the record that BusConnects is getting great results and not acknowledge the huge impact in my constituency for the past three weeks of the totally unacceptable delivery of phase 7. To be fair, the NTA has acknowledged the very significant problems in the past few weeks.

I want to move on to another project, which will hopefully deliver light rail to my constituency, which is the Finglas Luas project. The railway order has been granted. If there is no judicial review, and as we have a budget for 2026, what will the allocation for Finglas Luas be in 2026 given that it was always going to be a post-2027 project, which I accept? Surely, the Department cannot allow a project with full planning not be worked on for a year or two while waiting for a budget. I want a commitment that there will be a budget next year for that. If that is not a matter the witnesses can answer for, I am happy to put it to the Minister.