Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Once the process continues as I have outlined, which means the design stage is approved and it goes through planning with no complications or issues - obviously we cannot predict how that will go but I assume there will not be any objections - and once the exact costing for this is agreed and it goes to tender, then we will be moving into ground and getting things moving. The year 2026 is still a target I intend to achieve and to reach, but obviously we have to go through all of these steps I have just mentioned. There are things that get in the way, but everything I am doing is to try to make sure we have as smooth and as streamlined a process as possible.