Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Will the business case be completed in the first six months of this year? When will it be completed? If I appear a bit impatient, it is because this project has been on the cards for a very long time. Going back a good few years ago, I had the privilege of being chair of the Galway Technical Institute, GTI. The institute has done great, but the building is just not suitable. With the new campus, it will be suitable as an additional building. It is exactly a year ago on this very day that the announcement was made about the €430 million for four capital projects. First, when will the preliminary business case be completed? When does the Minister envisage planning to proceed? When will the vacancies in Galway for planners be filled? The chief planner and another planner are gone. When does the Minister envisage the college going to construction? Has the money been earmarked?

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