Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)

Can the Minister give an indication of his priority? Is he giving an undertaking that the northside will receive priority? Within days of his appointment, the Minister talked about joining up the two Luas lines. That is off the top of the head stuff and not helpful in the area of transport. The problem over the years is that there has not been joined up thinking.

Will the Minister confirm that the north side of Dublin will receive his priority attention in the implementation of the ten year plan? That is critical. I accept that the interconnector is required and that it is a good proposal. However, it will predominantly assist the south side of the city. Will the Minister give an undertaking that he will deal with the problem of providing a major rail link to the north side of the city before dealing with the other projects in the pipeline?

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