James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

The Minister will agree that the proposed port at Bremore cannot go ahead without this route as Balbriggan people have suffered greatly from overdevelopment without infrastructure. I am sure the Minister will also agree that, in this case, integral simultaneous development must take place. In light of the previous speaker's comments, I hope it is the Minister who speaks. He should give a commitment to the House that funding will be made available and that he will not follow the advice of the Green Party element of his Cabinet in this regard because it would have a highly negative impact on people.

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