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

I will make a couple of points. If we build the motorway, it arrives at Blackpool in Cork. We will then have to build a motorway to the Dunkettle roundabout and northern ring road around Cork. That then undermines the rail investment we are making in the Cork metropolitan area. It is also incredibly expensive. We have an issue in that while €35 billion is a lot of funding, the truth is we will have an incredible challenge in meeting the existing road projects and public transport projects, in particular. It will be an incredible challenge. That means we then come to some investment decisions in the context of climate and sustainable compact development, which both influence me, in addition to budget matters. I know we have discussed this and have different views-----