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

I wish to make a clarification. It will not necessarily be light rail. It will be light rail in the sense that it will be electrified rail, like all new rail developments, but it will use the existing heavy rail lines. A real benefit Limerick has is that it has the infrastructure there already and building on top of that makes sense.

I do not know how informed the Minister, Deputy McGrath, is. He is, by all means, entitled to his views and we listen and work together very effectively. I do not expect to give that clarity. I do not see the northern distributor road being part of the advanced design planning that TII will do. It has to agree its own infrastructure plans.