Mary Wallace (Meath, Fianna Fail)

I join my colleagues in paying tribute to John Bruton whose seat we are talking about today. He is a friend and neighbour of mine from Dunboyne. Shane Cassells is a man who can deliver. He is a young energetic councillor elected in Meath since 1999.

People on the opposite side of the House talk about quality of life issues. In Meath these issues relate to being able to travel to work on the new M3 motorway, being able to get the railway from Dunboyne and being able to be educated in all the new school buildings being built at this time. We are delivering on these issues and Shane Cassells will deliver with us.

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