Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not saying there is anything untoward happening. It is for people to understand why the motorway would be in west Mayo because there is hardly anyone there, relatively speaking. TII would not put in a very wide road for very low volumes of traffic. There is a chicken and egg situation there too, however, in that if TII wants investment in the north west, it has to give people decent roads even though there are not enough people there in the first place.