Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The time for false starts is long over. Will Deputy Moran, as Minister of State responsible for this area, publish a definitive timeline for the project, outlining all the various works that need to be completed before the scheme can move to construction? It is simply not good enough to say the relevant information will be published on a website in the next couple of months and that the project will proceed to construction in the spring. We need a clear understanding. All the stakeholders need to know the number of phases in the project, how long it will take and when construction will definitely happen. We need absolute clarity and certainty for the people of Ennis.

There have been so many false starts. The time for false starts is clearly over. I do not doubt the commitment of the Minister of State to the project and I welcome his comments today but we need clarity. Everyone needs to buy into the timeline. Will the Minister of State publish in very clear language a timeline that the stakeholders can buy into and understand?

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