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

With due respect, you are. The Minister interfered in a process in Limerick. The people of Moyross were entitled to it but the Minister created chaos. The Coonagh-Knockalisheen route was to go in, but the Minister did everything possible to ensure it did not go through. It has now gone through and it is going to make an enormous difference to people's lives. Everyone agrees about the double line between Limerick Junction and Limerick. We have all been proposing that for the last two years. The Minister was not listening, although he is now listening. To be honest, we agree with an awful lot of this stuff. We agree with a rail system in Limerick. The initial LSMATS plan did not have it and I put forward that it should use the existing rail lines. That is not exclusive to the Minister. We all proposed that. The issues are not mutually exclusive. We need to put a rail station into Moyross but, equally, we need to have connection into the area as well. They are not mutually exclusive. We need to put extra stations along the rail line and, in time, to have a spur to Shannon Airport off the Ennis rail line. None of these are exclusive. It is about that integrated model. Limerick needs to progress across a range of areas, including the northern spur. I will hand back to Deputy Carey. I did not wish to interfere.