Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)

Listening to the sneering and slagging from the Opposition, is it any wonder the creators of jobs in this country did not support them in the general election? They have no new ideas or fresh thinking. They have no approach to this issue except sneering and slagging.

My next point on opposing infrastructural projects such as roads may apply more to the Labour Party than to Fine Gael. Moving Drogheda port to Bremore on the border of my constituency will create a large number of jobs in the area. However, the usual voices of opposition are heard. This is not to state that it should not go through a planning process but that when we state we support an infrastructural project, we do everything we can to push it forward.

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