Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Given the amount of ambition and indeed the need that is there across our country for investment in all of the areas I have already mentioned and others, we do have to make sure we deliver. It is about delivery. The budget is in place. We are at almost a unique point in our history where when it comes to capital expenditure, funding is not the greatest constraint. The greatest constraint is the capacity to deliver. That can manifest itself in a number of ways. We have to strike the right balance, ensuring that we have due process, proper project appraisal in advance and value for money at all times, and ensuring above all else that we get the projects done and secure completion of vital projects to improve the quality of life of our people, fundamentally to provide homes for our people and also, from an economic point of view, to make sure we are competitive by continuing to invest in and improve our infrastructure. I thank the Deputy for a really pertinent question. It is an ongoing part of our work.

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