Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I acknowledge and reiterate that this issue is very high on the agenda of the Minister. We do talk about it and she is aware of the urgency to move on this project. I acknowledge as well the long history of this issue and how long it has been going on for, as outlined by Deputy Ó Cuív. Funding has been needed for some time. The Deputy has been a long-time advocate in this regard and he has raised this matter many times. I wish I could give him tighter and clearer timelines. The tender is being prepared. The best I can do is to tell the Deputy we want to get the tender issued and to see it out as soon as possible. The only decent timeline I can provide for the Deputy is that the tendering process will take approximately nine months. I know that is not what the Deputy is looking for.

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