Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

The reservation of some of this road runs through my constituency and it has had a road reservation for as long as I can remember. It was taken off the pitch entirely when the Fianna Fáil manifesto prior to 1997 stated it would never happen. After its re-election in 2002, it went back on the list for a feasibility study and this has been ongoing for five years. Is there any prospect of getting an answer to the question on whether it is feasible? Is the Government contemplating it? Is the road reservation to be kept indefinitely? Is it the Minister's intention to speak to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government about the new flood barrier that is proposed for the mouth of the River Liffey? Is the potential for a road on top of this barrier being examined?

The Minister mentioned the feasibility study for the outer orbital. Am I to infer that it is either the outer orbital or the eastern bypass?

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