Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was not simply the site. There were planning issues and many other problems, because there has been no reform. There have been no major changes to the system that delivers, and that is what must happen. IBEC, which is a fan of the Minister's senior party in government, has stated that 90% or 95% of capital expenditure is on maintenance. The tradition will continue within this plan. As for the ambition the Minister claims is contained within this plan, when one goes through the not-very-small print, because the detail therein is so lacking, one finds it is not present. This is not a plan to lead this country into a recovery out of an economic downturn. It is not a plan that shows there is a vision for the country. It is vague and not even aspirational, and if the Minister has the courage of his speech, he will allow the plan to be put before the committees before or after the election and will allow a proper analysis of it, rather than the two-hour set of statements in the Chamber - it is not even a debate - taking place this evening.

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