Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To be clear, we are not half way through. The funding is allocated in an envelope for a couple of years so it is not the case that we are any way through it. The money must be spent on these estates before 2021. This is about the resolution of previous mistakes and that is where the focus will be. This is developer infrastructure that was not monitored properly and probably was not planned properly. In hindsight, it possibly should not have been allowed under previous Administrations. We are dealing with that now. It is a resolution. That is the priority on which it will be allocated. The expert panel will judge the applications that have been made. As I said, Cork made 11 applications and Crossbarry is mentioned in them. The criteria are there for judging them and the expert panel will use them. Neither I nor the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, will tell the expert panel how to judge. It will use the assessed criteria that have been set out. However, this is about resolution and rectifying the mistakes of the past.

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