Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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I wanted to focus a little bit on transport for a moment because it is the second biggest area that we need to try to tackle or sort out. The Minister mentioned rail, and particularly rail freight. While I have heard all of this before, again I do not see the concrete proposals in place to deliver on that. I have raised the western rail corridor with the Minister on numerous occasions. There was a conference two weeks ago in Sligo with regard to that. The public is behind it and wants it to be delivered and yet, the Government continuously turned its face against it. It just seems to the ordinary person out there that what it is happening here is more talk and hot air. With regard to what is actually being delivered on the ground, and when it comes to things that people actually want to do and have options there for it, the Government refuses to do it.