Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Some 84% of Ireland's container and trailer traffic goes through Dublin Port. Dublin Airport has a similar pre-eminence. We need to get more traffic to the regions through Shannon Foynes Port, the Port of Cork and Rosslare Europort. My first question is for Mr. Keating. How would building a rail link and a road from Limerick to Foynes affect the Shannon Foynes Port Company's container capacity? How much additional traffic could it take? How much pressure could it take off Dublin Port?