Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have €100 billion worth of projects. The timing of any one project and the necessity to expand or spend further funding on any project are matters for agencies such as TII, which often have a whole range of different projects to advance. In truth, some projects get stuck in the planning system. The biggest delays in projects are caused by judicial reviews or where further information is required or due to other conditions of the planning system. In that regard, if additional funding or finance is needed, to answer Deputy O'Sullivan, TII manage its portfolio projects in a way that delivers them in the most effective manner. We should be careful about making false promises to people that we can build every single project and deliver €100 billion worth of infrastructure within a timeframe for which €35 billion has been allocated. The portfolio approach is the right way to do it.

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