I am deeply proud of my home town of Clonmel. It has a great history, a great location, strong levels of employment and extraordinary community spirit. However, our town centre - the historic core of Clonmel - continues to suffer from high vacancy rates and, more worryingly, increased dereliction. We have a shovel-ready plan to transform the prime retail area and reimagine the public realm. We have set aside the matching funding that is required. It is crucial that, as a town, we can access the urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, or the newly proposed town and cities infrastructure and investment fund, as promised in the programme for Government, at the earliest opportunity. Can the Taoiseach give any indication of when the Government proposes to launch these funds?

As the Deputy knows, the Minister, Deputy Browne, is committed to establishing a new towns and cities infrastructure and investment fund to replace the urban regeneration and development fund. Hopefully, we can make it a bit more flexible for some towns that may not have qualified for the URDF. The detailed arrangements for the implementation of these funding streams will be clarified further following completion of the national development plan review. That will enable a clear line of sight as to the level of additional capital funding for infrastructural investment. We believe that review will be completed in line with the summer 2025 timeline set out in the programme for Government.