Christy O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)

I also congratulate Deputy Noel Dempsey on his new portfolio and my fellow Corkman, Deputy Billy Kelleher, on his appointment as Minister of State at the Department of Transport and the Marine. I look forward to working with them closely on transport infrastructure in my constituency.

Our roads infrastructure needs improvement. My constituency does not even have 1 km of national primary road. A national secondary road runs through Cork South West but it is only at the standard of a county road. While I welcome the programme in place to expand dual carriageways and motorways, which are necessary, my main concern is that my constituents do not have the opportunity to travel on 1 km of national primary road in south west Cork. The public transport infrastructure in my constituency is such that we cannot attract industry and that is a major concern. I hope this issue will be addressed in the near future. The Minister made only one reference in his contribution to this issue but I would like him to take it seriously and address it in the near future.

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