Batt O'Keeffe (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

From the Department's point of view, any scheme under €5 million comes before us only once for approval before being sent back to the local authority to be carried out. The Department has also given a commitment that any scheme that has been before it for six months must be dealt with and returned to the local authority.

I suggest the Deputy ask her local authority to seriously examine how well it is managing to deliver projects that have received approval.

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