Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not want the Minister to meet them every day of every week. What I want to see happening is progress on this critical legislation. The Minister comes in here and expects us to be satisfied that he has appointed Fingal County Council. He appointed the IAA 18 months ago and for 18 months he came in here and repeatedly told us that work was progressing and legislation was imminent. That did not happen. Now he expects us to take his bona fides that everything is going to be okay with Fingal County Council. I wonder whether it is satisfied that everything is going to be okay. Has it been given written instructions as to what exactly is going to be needed of it to make sure it has the relevant expertise and resources? It might be nervous about moving ahead based on what happened with the IAA.

The Minister can be guaranteed that on this side of the House, we will continue to raise this issue because it is important. It is a critical piece of national infrastructure. Incidentally, two months ago when we met the Minister's officials, we were given a guarantee that they or the Minister would be back to us within a matter of weeks and we have yet to hear back from them.

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