Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I move:

That Dáil Éireann,

considering:

—the necessity to improve transport links along the Cavan-Dublin corridor;

—the importance of the Hill of Tara national monument and its environs;

—the inevitable road construction delays which will result and the inevitable destruction of heritage if the National Roads Authority persists with its current plan to build the M3 through the Tara-Skryne area; and

—that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is currently considering his options under the National Monuments Act;

calls on the Government to:

—address the current transport problems on this corridor by proceeding immediately with the Dunshaughlin, Kells and Navan bypasses, by other road improvements and the provision of a Navan-Dublin rail link;

—direct the NRA to immediately reconsider other options for the proposed M3; and discontinue its plans to route the M3 through the Tara-Skryne Valley.

I wish to share my time with Deputies Shortall and Quinn.

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