Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask about extensions. We have the Waterford bypass and will have the New Ross bypass but there are about eight or ten kilometres of dual carriageway in the middle. That will not be very conducive to safe driving, especially for foreign drivers, given that they will be on a motorway, come off it onto a dual carriageway and then go back onto a motorway. Are there any plans for the in-between section, in Kilkenny in particular? Are there any plans for the part that lies between the two bypasses?