Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

We were asked to be nice to the Minister, which we were. However, the reality is, as the Minister himself said, the Tipperary town bypass should have been designed as a dual carriageway. I wholeheartedly agree. The bypass is choked with traffic from Monday to Friday. I drove on the road at 5 p.m. on Monday and it had been choked up since 4 p.m. The bypass project is only at the design stage. It is a major corridor. It is disgraceful that this has dragged on for so long.

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