Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In terms of the Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, the outturn for 2016 of €467 million is under the €539 million projection. That comes back to my first question in terms of what is happening in housing.

The Minister leaves it to every line Department and tries to keep it within the budget, but how much of the €4.1 billion was actually spent? How much of it went into projects on the ground?

Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII among other organisations, has raised the issue of the length of time it takes to initiate any capital project in this country at the moment. Is the Minister looking at the length of time it takes to get a project, be it a school or a road, from the planning stage, through the funding process and to site? Does he consider it a problem?

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