Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Griffin for raising this issue and I look forward to discussing it further in Killarney in the next couple of days. My understanding is technical advisers were appointed for the scheme in April 2020. I have been told that the Department of Transport has advised that TII can provide the money required to Kerry County Council to progress the route option selection phase. A preferred route is expected in quarter 4 of this year, in other words by the end of the year. Absolutely this is a project I will take a very active interest in and I will continue to keep in touch with the Deputy and his colleagues on it.

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