Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)

I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, who has responsibility for rail, to engage with the Deputy, but also to speak to the new chief executive of Irish Rail about the matter the Deputy raised. On the NDP envelope regarding the roads, the short answer is that the local authority, as the Deputy knows as a long-time public representative, is the statutory roads authority. It makes requests. It prioritises-----