Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The BMW region is given Objective One status for the purposes of making it a priority for infrastructure spend and decisiveness on the part of Government. The Taoiseach mentioned earlier that €1.2 billion is left aside for rail transport. I strongly support the western rail corridor. Over the past 25 years members of the Taoiseach's party at county council level have been very diligent, along with all parties, in retaining the land and line and that is of great value. I would like the Taoiseach to say that he supports the opening of the corridor from Sligo southwards. The engineers who do this tell me they could actually complete the business inside two years. Is that part of the Taoiseach's thinking regarding Sligo to Ennis? The survey only covers a particular section of that. The Government should give the matter its full support.

Does the Taoiseach have information on the spend or allocation to Knock Airport? It is of international size.

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