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

Our time is limited Mr. Walsh. All I am asking is that TII would consult with the design office of Limerick City and County Council. Routes were put forward but the next public consultation will be on a selected route, a road that is possibly complemented by rail. That appears to me to be an incomplete process. Why were routes put out for consultation and considered under certain criteria but not under the key criteria of cost, safety and travel times? That created an enormous degree of confusion. There were two routes from Cork to a point just outside Buttevant and around eight routes from Buttevant to Limerick, which created a huge degree of confusion and anxiety. Many of those routes will not get through the modelling process and if that is the case, why put them out for consultation at all? Ultimately the council reports to TII. I ask that TII would discuss this with the council and encourage it to engage in a further public consultation process when modelling is done on safety, costs and travel times. Will TII commit to doing that?