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

As a representative for that area, I implore the NTA to include the reappraisal of that project as a priority in that review because we will then have a battle on our hands to get funding. At the moment, the project is being effectively blocked by the statement to the effect that there is not sufficient demand for it. That is a view that the chief executive and senior planners on Meath County Council would contest hotly and I would contest even more hotly. That is a blockage.

The Minister uses it as a blockage when I question him about seeking the acquisition of the funds required to build the Navan railway line. I am seeking prioritisation for a review of that line in order that we can make progress on it.