Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)

Capital has been secured through the NDP. It is a fully funded multi-annual plan. In the coming weeks, each Department, including my own, will publish departmental NDP plans setting out specific projects. I could stand here for the next two hours listing the projects that are under way but I will give only a couple of examples. Phase 1 of the Cork area commuter rail programme is scheduled to be completed next year. There are ongoing station upgrades at Galway Ceannt and Oranmore, as well as the construction of a new Waterford Plunkett Station. These investments will increase accessibility and reliability for passengers, provide interconnectivity of different transport networks and further develop the overall availability of efficient public transport across a number of regions.

MetroLink is a critical project, which I understand the Deputy's party supports. This is the first Government to fund it.

It is not just for Dublin, the north Dublin region, Swords or the airport. It will be an economic driver for the whole region. A number of projects are all under way right across the country. We can actually see that. To answer the Deputy's question directly, we will be publishing a departmental NDP in the coming weeks and listing projects that are under way and how we are going to complete them.

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