Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note the comments made by the Senator and I will relay them to the Minister.

To be clear about the tender process, there is a target date to commence tendering for a main contractor by the end of quarter 1 of 2022. That will be over the next few months.

I appreciate that there have been delays and I have outlined some of the reasons for the delays. Things need to progress at speed now. I will convey the comments that the Senator made about the negotiations with Youth Work Ireland.

There are and have been a number of conversations with the school. The next meeting is on 14 December where I hope that things can be collaborated on, particularly the synchronisation of the rights of way and planning applications. Everything should be done in parallel rather than sequentially, which means that things can happen at a pace.