Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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We had a meeting of the accelerated infrastructure task force yesterday. There are emerging solutions that can make an impact this year. We hope to have a report on the barriers to infrastructure delivery within a month and then take actions based on that. That will make a difference. I will set it out when that is compiled. A lot of processes are not serving delivery, which needs to change. There are many elements. Some relate to funding, which can be addressed in the national development plan process. It is as much about some areas that are just too elongated. In some instances, delivery time has doubled compared with 20 years ago, which does not fulfil the broad objective of getting outcomes in energy, transport and housing. We will publish that within a few weeks and take actions based on it. That will make a difference in driving infrastructure delivery and building momentum.