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

That neck of the woods. There may be some hope because we are also going to build a new railway station in Moyross. Rather than having to drive into Limerick city, the Deputy may be able to cycle down to the Moyross station and be whisked into town and on from there to wherever. I have a different view on this matter. It was not that the company left the scheme. The company, unfortunately, went out of business. There is no blame on anyone for that; it was just one of those things that happened. We are back building it now. I am convinced the future of Limerick is best served by major investment in public transport, not just in the station in Moyross but the reopening of the Shannon-Foynes line and the station in Ballysimon, which could radically improve the city. Going back to our earlier conversation, if there was money for investment and we were very tight and short of money, I would build a railway connection to Shannon Airport first before I would do anything else. That would provide a transformative connection between Shannon and Limerick as well as for people going to the airport. I do not agree that it serves Limerick to spread into County Clare and it does not serve County Clare either. It would undermine Ennis as well as Limerick. Sustainable, compact, public transport-oriented development is the future. Moyross station will be built in the next two years and will transform that whole area. It must be only 300 m or 400 m from that roundabout. Watch that area change when we put in public transport with the train station. That has always proven a major development and boon for an area.