John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the brief time I have I wish to focus on the capital investment programme that the Minister rightly pointed out as being the largest in the history of the State at €10.1 billion. It is right and proper that we are investing in capital infrastructure now. It would be remiss of me not to mention a significant capital project in my county of Waterford - I know the Minister has been briefed on this. I am referring the North Quays project. This will deliver significant accelerated growth in line with Project Ireland 2040. It is important that the infrastructure funding is signed off without delay. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy O'Brien, committed to his Government colleagues that this would be done in September. It is now October and there is a time sensitivity attaching to the matter. I am keen to stress the urgency of that to the Minister.