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

I do not either because I also passionately believe in road safety. We absolutely need to improve that. The question is how and what route. There are a variety of options there for both road and rail. Let us not prejudge it. I know that road intimately. I have been up and down it hundreds of times, so I am fully aware of that issue. I am aware also of the need to get traffic out of the centre of the towns of Buttevant, Charleville and Mallow and make them really vibrant places.

I believe it was Professor Edgar Morgenroth, who was involved in the drafting of the early stages of the NDP, who made the point that if we really want Cork and Limerick to thrive, we must invest in them. The infrastructure in the cities is going to be key to attracting investment and being able to bring housing back to the centre. Cork has a real problem in that it has sprawled. Everyone has gone to Ballincollig, Carrigaline, Mallow and every point on the compass beyond that. They are commuting from as far as Skibbereen and beyond into Cork. We must bring life back into the centre. To make that work we need good quality-----