In the context of this amendment, some accountability has to be brought to the Dáil. I support the Bill because it is needed. It is basically putting critical infrastructure projects to the top of the pile, to put it in simple terms. I note that the Minister said earlier, which he said previously, that private infrastructure projects are not part of this. The one thing I will say is that there are projects waiting for years. Galway hospital is one such example. It is critical infrastructure that is needed because it covers the west, north west and all that area. We all know about the Galway outer ring road that has been on the go for 30 years. As I said to the Minister earlier, there are two issues we have to address as public representatives. If they are not addressed, we can put the Bill to the ceiling of the Dáil Chamber. First, the habitats directive is blocking progress on any building job around the country, whether it is a road, sewerage or water project or works at an airport, port or wherever. We must do something with that when Ireland holds the Presidency. There are a lot of sceptics who will go against the Government if it opens its mouth about this, but let us call a spade a spade and call out the rigmarole one has to go through. A snail that did not exist in Sligo held up a water project for ten years. Let us think about that. The lunatics are running the asylum to be quite frank about it. That is what is happening. We must address that. Second, sooner or later, politicians will have to face back to the climate Bill. I am watching what the courts have decided on and some of what they have said. I am fearful for road projects and other types of projects with some of the definitions I see coming out of the courts on the climate Bill. If they go down that road, legislation will have to be brought in to try to resolve that so that we will be compatible with the courts. I am not criticising the courts but we must be compatible with them so that this works. Those are the two issues I address to the Government. We support the Bill but unless those two issues are addressed, we are in trouble.

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