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

We are lucky in Limerick in that we have an existing rail network, which will cost a lot of taxpayers' money but will not be prohibitive. We have a rail network going by Shannon Airport so we can do the spur. We can upgrade the rail line between Limerick Junction and Limerick city, which will take 20 minutes off a train journey from Cork to Limerick with a direct service. The last missing piece of the jigsaw is that if we have a motorway from Limerick to Galway and up along, have nothing connecting our two main cities and business people are tearing their hair over getting from Limerick to Cork, then we have a problem. The Minister and I beg to differ. TII will do its work and obviously it is a debate. The Minister and I believe passionately in our views and they are both well held. Hopefully, my view will be the dominant one.