Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract for the new M28 motorway will be signed and awarded; the value of the contract; and the duration of the construction phase. [15421/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is also subject to the Infrastructure Guidelines and the necessary statutory approvals.

As is required under the Infrastructure Guidelines, the Final Business Case for the M28 project has been submitted to my Department, ahead of a Government decision on whether to give final approval to the scheme. I can confirm that this will be brought to Cabinet in the very near future, after which it will be possible to provide more detail in regard to the timeline for the project.