Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

I am always happy to support good legislation and will not refrain from doing so. As a result of the good work of Ministers, every Member of the House will be able to state that construction on local road schemes is waiting to start. I hope the Bill will go some way towards ensuring that delays will be treated in a professional manner, and that failings and associated excess costs can be relocated to advance many road schemes that are still at the planning stage.

Colleagues are entitled to score their little points but ultimately I hope Members on both sides of the House will support this legislation. I will listen to the remainder of the debate to see if that turns out to be true. The Bill has general support here and will have general support in the community. I commend the Bill to the House.

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