Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said, we will have a fair idea by the end of March how it stands with the extra plants recommendations. They are independent of the Minister and have made recommendations for priority five, which would lead to funding for 2018. If one of the projects before that drops out, or is re-prioritised in the coming months, there is a chance that it could come into 2017. As it stands today, however, it looks like 2018. If so, most people will be happy that it is coming down the track.I understand the Senator's request for us to deal with it as urgently as we can, and I will feed that back to our officials, but it is listed as priority five. There are only two per year so unless some other scheme cannot go ahead-----