Jack Chambers

So, for example, take the Galway Ring Road.

do we hand that over to the courts for an endless series of years in assessing whether it meets particular climate commitments or do we build it and get it done?

And there's multiple projects which are in the National Development Plan.

We've made commitments to communities on building these projects.

And my central focus in government is to build momentum around this.

So what we're saying is ministers have legal obligations within their overall sector, but to nitpick on an individual project and undermine our ability to deliver that, I think is an excessive interpretation of climate legislation.

It could mean that nearly every road would be restricted or undermined because of a particular climate assessment.

There are communities in the Midlands, the west of Ireland, south across the board, where we have an obligation to build out certain road infrastructure, for example.

That builds economic development.

It allows for us to build more homes as well in these communities.

And that's matched as well with a record level of investment in public transport.

We want to ensure we...

reduce congestion and alleviate the burden.

That's an

No, it's not the case.

I mean, we have to sequence the commencement of respective projects.

But I know for many people listening this morning, they've heard projects on lists for years.

For example, the Metro is something you want to progress and proceed with, a record investment by government in a project that's been sitting around for 20 years.

We've got Dart West, for example, out in my own community, which has been on a list for multiple years.

We want to get that going, get it started.