Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are almost halfway through the plan that runs from 2018 to 2021 and the Minister of State has just taken in applications. Is it realistic that all the funding will be pushed out until next year and the year after that? Will he prioritise the release of funding this year given that he is almost halfway through the 2018 to 2021 scheme without having spent on it? Will he prioritise schemes on it? Crossbarry, which was part of the original pilot and was identified as having a great need, was the only one of the pilot scheme that did not advance to construction because it was found that the job was even bigger and the need greater. They had all the background works and so on done and now they have to wait for the review and for a new application despite having been delayed all along. Will such schemes be prioritised, because they have already gone through the mill, so to speak, and been assessed and identified as having a need?

The Minister of State has a number of different classes of schemes. There are smaller ones that would only deal with one housing estate and others that would supply an entire village and possibly open up and unlock other lands for housing.

Will the Minister of State look at every scheme before releasing all of them or will he prioritise some of those that would give rise to the release further housing? For example, there could be an impact in Crossbarry where a large amount of extra land could be opened for further housing and where there are already planning applications.

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