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

But they must be connected by motorway. They are not mutually exclusive arguments. I agree with the Minister about rail, public transport and active travel. I have been at this a long time and I passionately believe that if we are to take that pressure off Dublin and compete with it on an international scale, we need to be equally served. I want to be certain that someone can get from Cork to Galway in under two hours and that someone can get from Cork to Limerick in under an hour. At the moment, if I come out my front door in Limerick, I can go to Galway in under an hour. I can go to the Red Cow roundabout in under two hours while it can take me two and a half hours to get to Cork, which is half the distance.