Road Projects
Dail Éireann — 2023-10-05
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

No one wants to see delay and no one wants the higher costs that delay brings. I absolutely agree with the Deputy on that. However, we need to be honest and clear with people. The reason for delay in some projects is that we have a €100 billion ask and a €35 billion budget to spend. We cannot pretend to everyone that we will deliver all €100 billion when we only have seven years of this NDP remaining and only some €35 billion available. That is a mismatch that we cannot ignore and wish away and pretend it does not exist. We have to do everything on an orderly basis-----

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Sitting date: 2023-10-05