Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

A railway line in an area in Limerick is being reinstated and a greenway developed. We must be very careful where there are old railway lines. A big problem in Limerick was that some people had built houses that encroached on the railway line. For the future infrastructure of the country, we should allow for rail and a greenway and there should be joined-up thinking. It should not be one or the other. We should look at a plan to invest in both and even if the plan is long term, it should allow for both the railway line to be reinstated and a greenway. They are looking at this in respect of N-M20 so they can have both and look for future infrastructure. It is called forward planning. We need to get them together. You cannot have one without the other. You have to allow for both.