Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Both road projects and public transport.

The example the Deputy raised is good. According to the details I have on the road project between the Rath roundabout and Kilmoon Cross, it is estimated to cost between €60 million and €70 million and is yet to go to preliminary business case approval, so it is not at the detailed design stage. The cross-section is a 6 km road, as the Deputy will know. It is relatively early in the selection process.

I imagine that the Navan rail line is somewhere similar. It is in the middle of the review of the greater Dublin strategic area. I think the Deputy knows my views on it. I believe the Navan rail line is the correct sort of investment not only for County Meath and the people of Navan but also for the strategic development of Dublin. That sort of development, particularly where it is backed up by compact-led development and applications for housing within easy access of a station, is what will work best for everyone, not least young families who might want to set up there. That is the kind of housing that people will want to locate close to.