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- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: I call Deputy Clendennen.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: I do not know how the mechanism works. We will inquire before the next meeting.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: The NTA can take it as a request from the committee to come back in writing about the flowchart.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: We must move on. I will give Deputy Clendennen a second chance.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: At this stage I will move on to Senator Byrne and then Deputies McCormack and Lawlor. They are very welcome to the meeting. There will be a second round for them.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: There is an opportunity if members want to come in a second time. I will take them in the same sequence as the first round: Deputies Neville, Sheehan, Cronin, and Clendennen. I ask speakers be a little tighter on time.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: A maximum of five minutes apiece. Members should keep the questions short so they can get the answer.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Mr. Creegan can come back-----
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Deputy-----
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: A vote has been called in the Chamber. It is a pity as we are at the final furlong.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: We are nearly there. It is unfortunate. There are probably only ten minutes left in the meeting but the Dáil supersedes everything else.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Before we wrap up, I call Deputy Cronin.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Before we conclude, I want to put a few quick points to the witnesses. This is a new committee. It is the first time there has been a committee for infrastructure and capital projects. We want to ensure delivery. We want to start from a base of information. All of us know that projects always take longer and cost more. The best way for us to judge what we are doing is to have baseline...
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Very good.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Okay. I will keep it simple. Let us confine it to projects that were completed in recent years. I am not looking for old projects. I am asking about the ones under the current development plan that are listed in the witnesses' document.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: It is inevitable but sometimes it is better for people to know. What I am trying to achieve here is not just getting things delivered but also restoring public confidence, which we have lost.
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: We made the point that we are not going to discuss the national children's hospital here. The public loses confidence in public authorities when they come with a figure for a project but eight years later, that figure has no relationship with the original-----
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: This is great news. I look forward to receiving good news. I am not a negative person. We need a baseline for when an organisation talks to us-----
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: Exactly. We will be here and do not want to hear that the figure has gone up by 60%. The last question, which was touched on before, relates to every project. I want to know the construction cost versus the non-construction cost. I am conscious that there was a time when we were doing motorways when it was probably 80% construction. Years ago, a stretch of the M50 towards Dundrum - I am...
- Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)
Seán Fleming: I thank the witnesses who have been very helpful. I am sorry that they have been here several hours but hopefully the information we get here will be in the public interest. We look forward to receiving that information.