Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is positive that the expert group is due to report shortly on this issue. We know from all of the exchanges with Cork County Council that it has been very forthcoming in making responses available. We need the response of the expert panel to be positive and to set out a clear pathway. Nobody is expecting a scheme to appear overnight. There is considerable work involved, and we need that expert group to set out a clear pathway and timeframe for how the issue will be resolved in order that residents can get on with their lives. A serious concern is that the expert group will come back with further questions, which would be unreasonable at this point, given there has been so much back and forth over a number of years. This scheme was designed in the context of lessons that were learned from the original pilot. Crossbarry was the only project that did not advance. Whatever is put in place should suit Crossbarry's needs. It is considerably important that we get from the expert group's response a clear pathway of where things are going to go from here

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