Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for Ms Galligan on the spatial strategy and also on another issue which is hugely important, not just for Cavan but nationally, namely, the east-west link road. This could open up an enormous stretch of this island and could have hugely positive implications. Ms Galligan, as a senior planner, has been at the coalface of development and planning and is hugely cognisant of the importance of attracting industry to the county. What is the position regarding the east-west link road? What can this committee do to further that development? During my time on the council, it was talked about continually and plans were drawn and redrawn. What is the current position and is there anything we can do to move it along?