Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)

In the context of any project there will be that transparency piece and the different gates that have to be navigated to ensure the project is transparent. The Department will engage with the relevant stakeholders. In the context of the timeline today, with the publication of the accelerated infrastructure plan it is about ensuring we deliver projects quicker, on time and on budget. The actual project costs will vary. In the context of the €1 billion, it is the standard Department of public expenditure cost band. That is what it is allocated under. It is not the actual specific project cost. The short answer to the Deputy is that yes, it will require further approvals, because if it did not the Deputy would come in here on a different day with a different set of questions. That is part of what we do. The question perhaps is if we should take the accelerated infrastructure plan and use that for some of the projects the Deputy spoke about there.