Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate what the Senator says about "shortly". It is a sort of term of art in Government, but I understand from the Minister that this work is ongoing, as I stated in the response, and that she intends expediting this as soon as possible. There is no question of it amounting to a period of years. I would hope it will be in the coming period. Obviously, the announcements to be made today in the context of the capital programme are relevant also in terms of the funding that will be available for this critically important agenda.

I thank the Senator for raising the issue. If I can assist her in any way, in contact with my colleague, the Minister, Deputy O'Sullivan, I will certainly do that.