With regard to the upgrade of the N25 at Castlemartyr and Killeagh, I understand the documents, thankfully, have now gone to the Department of Transport for “gate zero” approval under the planning frameworks within the Department. Is it possible that this is looked into and that it is done immediately, and that funding is immediately issued for the appointment of a design consultant, which is required in order that locals can see what the proposed routes will be over the course of this coming year?

In response to an earlier question, I mentioned the Castlemartyr bypass as a specific example of the type of project we want to accelerate. The consequences for villages and towns across the country where there is that volume of through traffic are very disruptive, and that stops what we are doing on the other side, with Croí Cónaithe and other projects, where we want to get families back in the centre of villages and towns. Taking the through traffic out liberates these towns. Castlemartyr is on the list of projects that I have asked Transport Infrastructure Ireland to try to progress as fast as possible.

That concludes Questions on Policy or Legislation. As the Deputy with a Private Member's Bill for introduction is not present, the House will suspend for 40 minutes.