Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Any process that reduces the number of steps that need to be taken and decreases the number of projects that need to go through a more thorough and broader evaluation process, which we have done by increasing the threshold from €100 million to €200 million, is going to help with speed. I anticipate that the improvements for projects overall in how much time will be saved by this will be measured in months. Every month helps.

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