Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is a project that has been ongoing for a long time. I can understand the frustrations in Cork among business people and politicians. I thank people for their patience. I have been personally involved on repeated occasions in trying to move the process forward. We are making progress. We hope to receive legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General this week which will confirm legal advice received by Cork City Council which would allow the State's contribution to be increased to make the project commercially viable. As soon as we get that confirmation and political decisions are made on the back of that advice we will let people know immediately.

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