Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, very much. I know he is only delivering the message on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Reading between the lines, it is quite worrying because the expert panel that was appointed, which has evaluated all of the projects, could turn around and recommend that none of the projects should receive funding. What will happen then? Is the Minister going to override the decision and come up with his own justification for providing the funding?

The situation is very serious. I hope the projects go ahead. I have every faith that the Minister wants them to happen. Unfortunately, the people of Broadford and Cooraclare have had a lot of false dawns at this stage. I sincerely hope the dawn is not going to turn into dusk and that instead we see sunshine because the people who are ready to build houses in those communities are not going to hang around for ever. I appreciate the reply. I do not think there is much the Minister of State can add to it. I sincerely hope I am not raising this again in six months' time. If the evaluation and decision have been made by the evaluation committee, there is no reason it cannot be published.