Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is no problem at all. I will get the information the Deputy requires. On the reforms that are necessary to make things happen faster, another element is the planning Bill that is proposed to come before the Dáil. Again, going back to the previous question the Deputy asked, if I sat down with any delivery body or project management team in any part of the Government, whether it is Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the Rail Procurement Agency or whomever, they will all attest to the issues relating to planning. Taken in the round, it is not the question of money, ironically, because the thresholds have been raised. We will be requiring our Accounting Officers to do far more than they have been doing heretofore. We will also be requiring the Committee of Public Accounts and the Committee on Budgetary Oversight of the Oireachtas to do more in making sure we do not get back into a situation where value for money all of a sudden slips down the pecking order and it is all about delivery. It cannot be about that either. We will have to pull together on this to make sure there is proper oversight and governance and that, when it comes to the reform that is needed of the planning Acts in particular, we get an Act fit for purpose to make sure that all this stuff can be delivered.

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