Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone for their input. Deputy Duncan Smith referred to a number of projects for which he advocates. This requires forensic assessment and is getting that and scrutiny in the Department. We will examine the second quarter and the projections there.

On Deputy Ó Cuív's point, if repurposing is going to happen, it will have to happen in early autumn or late summer in order that the capital can be spent. Decisions being made in November or December does not have the same effect.

As regards Deputy Patricia Ryan's point, we have had a lot of feedback across the country relating to our increasing the funding for local and regional roads this year. There is ongoing engagement on that, and the maintenance and renewal process is very important.

To Deputy Shanahan's point, there will be ongoing engagement in Waterford on the BusConnects plan there, and the NTA will engage with all the public representatives on that.

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