Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

The Taoiseach made a passing reference to the national development plan. How much of the focus of this committee is on getting projects moving that are chartered out at the moment? How much of it is in preparation for the new national development plan to 2013? Has the situation with regard to Cork Airport been clarified? As the Minister, Deputy Martin, knows, there is a major issue about the overhang debt at Cork Airport.

Can the Taoiseach tell us if Dublin Airport has been the subject of any recent meetings of the cross-departmental team? In regard to over-runs in public contracts and public contracts coming in late, to what extent, in his assessment at this stage, have we learned from the lessons of the past and to what extent is that phenomenon under control?

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