Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Compared to the processes in place between 2000 and 2010 when we built a lot of basic infrastructure such as rail lines, roads, etc., those in place now seem now to have become forever processes. I support Deputy Leddin in saying that some things are so obvious that we are wasting time just putting paper together, filling out forms and doing studies that do not need to be done. I could never understand the system delaying over the obvious. Does the Minister agree that the biggest inflator of costs is not a lack of processes but the processes themselves? Delay is adding huge costs to infrastructure. Infrastructure built now compared to five years ago is enormously more expensive. The systems designed to save money, allegedly, are actually costing us a fortune. Does the Minister agree with that analysis of how we have created a system that is actually defeating its own purpose?

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