I have to come back to the Minister again on behalf of Oireachtas Members from the south east regarding funding for the N24 and N25. A sum of €3.5 million is needed to continue preparatory work, reports and investigations. Our consultants are doing that work and their funding runs out at the end of this month. We need that meeting urgently to determine whether we can get the €3.5 million that is needed to keep the project alive. Connectivity between Limerick and Waterford is important. I welcome the Minister's vision for the bypass for Tipperary town, but work is required between Cahir and Waterford on the N24 and the Dungarvan to Cork road on the N25. The funding is minuscule. Only €3.5 million is needed to keep the project alive. If they fall off the track now, God knows when we will be able to restart them. It will cost a lot of money. There are many fatalities on the N24. There is pollution and carbon is being wasted due to blockages. Can the Minister give me a date when he can meet Deputies, including his colleagues, from the south east?

I look forward to that meeting. About 25 people sought a meeting. It will be tricky to arrange everyone's diaries but I will happily do whatever I can to facilitate it.

I welcome the Minister's commitment to balanced regional development. Shannon Development was set up as part of that. It became the Shannon Group, comprising three entities, namely, the airport, commercial properties and Shannon Heritage. The idea was that properties, which would be highly profitable, would be used to pay for much-needed capital investment in heritage sites. For a variety of reasons, that has not happened. The Minister visited Clare last week and will be aware that the Shannon Group does not see Shannon Heritage as part of its strategic future. The county council is prepared to take it over. The question still remains as to how the necessary capital investment in Shannon Heritage will be funded. The Minister served on a local authority for some time. He will be aware that local authorities' funding streams are limited and generally do not run heritage sites, although they are very well placed to run this. Did the Minister's discussions with Clare County Council result in any solutions?

I met the council and the chair and chief executive of the Shannon Group. We are close to final arrangements involving the likes of Bunratty and the Cliffs of Moher retail unit going to Clare, King John's Castle going to Limerick and so on. There is remaining debt and those issues have to be resolved. It is appropriate that Clare County Council is taking over Bunratty. It will get revenue streams from the Cliffs of Moher. We have to plan for the Cliffs of Moher in a different way. While we did not resolve that on my visit on Friday, both the Shannon Group and the council are committed to getting it over the line.

And what about the Government?

And the Government too.