Earlier this week the new Dunkettle Interchange, which is a major project costing €215 million, opened. It is really important to have completed the project, and within budget. There are a number of important projects in Cork city, especially the north ring road, the Mallow bypass and the Cork to Limerick road. All commercial traffic travelling to the Port of Cork from the north side of the city has to pass through a residential area in Mayfield. Could a north ring road for Cork city be prioritised in view of the fact that the volume of traffic increases every week, month and year? I ask that this project and the Mallow bypass would be given priority in the forthcoming allocation of funding for 2024.

There are a number of really important projects in Cork that we are keen to progress. The Deputy mentioned three of them: the north ring road, the M20 between Cork and Limerick and the Mallow bypass. There are other projects too such as the ones in Castlemartyr and Ringaskiddy. I could name a few more such as the project linking Carrigtohill, Midleton and Youghal. We will do our best to fund as many of the projects as possible. We are certainly keen to keep them alive and keep them going. We will have allocations on that agreed some time this week or perhaps even today. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, will be doing that.