Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I empathise completely with the Deputy’s frustration. I will take this back to the Minister first thing tomorrow morning. He is right that it is not acceptable that budgetary constraints have been cited for 2023. Two Deputies for Cork East are in the Chamber. It is my job as the Minister of State who is taking this question to go back and look at the funding envelope or whatever they call it in the script not just for the rest of this year but also for 2024. I commit to doing that. I give the Deputy that commitment because the case is well made. It is not a new project but one that the people of Mallow have wanted for much longer than a decade even though they have been promised it for a decade. It is the responsibility of everyone in the Government regardless of the constituency they represent to deliver on the promise made regardless of the supposed funding restraints cited.

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