Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The traffic levels were set. Mr. Kennedy referred to the road earlier as underperforming. When the deal was done was it premised on potential lands that were zoned in Meath for future development or on the population at the time planning commenced? This was probably in the early 2000s, perhaps 2005 or thereabouts. I intend to refer later to page 36 of the TII report, where reference is made to land use planning and of being cognisant of future development in counties. The deal was struck with a concessionary company. Was it struck on the basis of what TII believed would be future developments and housing estates in Meath?