Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy is aware that the RPA is already engaged in consultations on this project. I am not prepared to endorse the route proposed by the Deputy, nor will I put forward my personal views. I am not an engineer or an expert on urban landscapes and how these projects are managed. It will be difficult to build into an older confined space that is already developed.

I detect a common thread in our discussions of late and it has been building to a crescendo among the parties opposite. It reminds me of Jimmy Saville's "Jim'll Fix It" television programme many years ago.

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