Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not give the Deputy a date for either Bill. The important point in this regard is that a very good board is in place. There is a good process in place and I am glad that Ms Eilish Hardiman is keeping people fully informed of what is going on. The date mentioned is 2019 or 2020, not 2030 or 2040. I hope the planning application can be lodged by the back end of the year and that it will receive proper consideration. I hope it will go through that process, as well as the remainder of the process for seeking tenders and all the rest of it, and that what will be the biggest infrastructural project in the country, to last the children of the island for the next 50 or 60 years, will be able to proceed. As the Deputy is aware, the Government has already left aside substantial moneys for the project.

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