Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

It was never envisaged that this project would take place or would be built during the lifetime of this Government and no commitment was given to provide it in that time. Were the port of Bremore to go ahead, obviously during the associated planning process issues such as access to and from it and so on would be critical to the final decision that will be made. This certainly could make a difference to the timing of the Leinster outer orbital route.

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