Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Crowe stated the project he mentioned is shovel ready. The whole idea of the stimulus plan, along with more structural issues, is to try to get as much activity going in the next six to nine months as possible. A capital programme will be attached to the stimulus plan. I hope that projects of the kind the Deputies both identified could be accommodated in that plan. That will involve the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Irish Water, the local authority and whoever else is involved to get it going. We want projects of that kind dealt with. To be frank, it is awful that that situation still obtains in Broadford. It is not good enough and, therefore, we must do everything possible to end that situation and to deal with it. Hopefully, the announcement of the capital element of the stimulus plan will be an opportunity to do that.

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