Mr. Garret Doocey:

I thank the Deputy for the question. He is absolutely right to highlight the importance of having a pipeline of projects and being able to transfer the knowledge that is built up within the statutory public authorities and the wider contracting market in terms of the construction sector such that it can move from project to project. That is something we are cognisant of and it is an important feature of the NDP sectoral plan.

As regards the timelines the Deputy has alluded to, I would not necessarily be holding to those exactly. It would all depend on the financial envelope we have available and what we can maximise from that in terms of projects moving to construction and the timelines of it. As regards the basic premise of that, when a project moves into construction and, as that project then moves out of the construction phase, whether we have another project ready to step into it, we are keenly aware of the importance of ensuring that.