Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 November 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport
Chapter 5 - Expenditure on Night Vision Imaging Technology and Training for Search and Rescue
Special Report 113 of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Procurement of Vehicles by the Irish Coast Guard
9:30 am
James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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How? What needs to be done? Will Mr. Spratt expand on that? I am not trying to trap him into answering questions. The public, the media and I are interested in this matter. What proactive measures could help to speed up the development of new Luas lines? I am from Cork, whose city has no Luas line. On paper, these projects look like they could take two decades. Has Mr. Spratt suggestions on reform of the planning process? He said that there was not much more he could say. To be fair to him, he had a good reputation as a civil servant even before getting his current role, but that was not an acceptable answer. He could give us some bit of guidance. Will he please respond on this point?