Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It would be fantastic. There is significant buy-in for it. I have made a submission in support of it. It is great to hear the Minister's views on it. My concern is the project includes a roundabout, 3 km of dual carriageway and another roundabout. On reaching Meelick, traffic will leave the road in small lanes heading towards minor country roads. We cannot have a situation where phase 1 is completed, but phase 2 is not happening and everyone along the route is left in limbo for another protracted five or six years or however long it takes for this to come back on the agenda. In that context, it needs to remain in discourse. As I said, this cannot be the Road Runner-Wile E. Coyote road whereby having passed Moyross the road runs out to the end of Meelick and then ends. We need that onward connectivity. I am sure the Chairman will say similar in a while.