Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is very welcome. The meetings that have taken place have been as a result of the previous Minister pushing the whole matter and taking a hands-on approach in relation to it.

For my understanding, is it the position that the consultants have been appointed and are doing a preliminary businesses case all over again regarding this project? When will that preliminary project be ready? You cannot imagine how many times I and colleagues from Galway West have stood up on the floor of this Dáil and then gone to meetings that are utterly frustrating because we do not know where we are going with it.

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