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

This was raised very forcibly by Councillor Ian Doyle in Charleville at Cork County Council level. He has been raising this issue constantly at meetings of both the northern committee and the county council. I understand there is co-operation between TII and the council on this matter. I would be grateful if the Minister of State could ask the Department of Transport and TII to respond to us. I believe the council has been liaising with TII over the last while. I want to ensure that whatever documents are needed at this stage by TII are clearly given to me so we can ensure there is no delay between what is being proposed, the submission by the council and the allocation of funding for it. It is crucially important. There are three stages to it. We have stage one and stage two. Could the Minister of State tell me in respect of the overall project where the issue is in terms of the bypass and what needs to be done? I believe we are to have a briefing next week. Is there an update on road design, structures and the advancing of the project? It is the Department's belief that further funding will be made available in 2024 through the TII budget to advance the overall project within the Charleville area, that is, the bypass.

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