James Bannon (Fine Gael)

The Minister of State did not give me the date of commencement of the scheme. Westmeath County Council said in a letter that it will be in 2008. Is there anything that can be done to progress this in the Department? When I raised this matter other Senators took note and brought relevant reports to the Minister. He has acted on that because he was aware the matter was being raised. Hopefully the project can be brought forward, perhaps to the end of 2006. I will keep up the pressure and I have no doubt the Minister will make the necessary representations to ensure it is commenced in 2006 rather than 2008.