Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 March 2013
51. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the proposals, if any, there are to discuss the Narrow Water bridge proposal at North-South Ministerial Council level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15575/13]
View answer61. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions, if any, he has had at North-South Ministerial Council level in relation to the need to progress, without further delay, the Narrow Water bridge proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15572/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 61 together.
As the project in question is in the process of undergoing an economic review within the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland, it would be inappropriate at this time to discuss it at the North South Ministerial Council level. I can assure you, however, that we support this important project. The Government and particularly the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which is the sponsor Department in the South, will continue to monitor developments in relation to this project closely.
