Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

We all support the metro north project. I appreciate it is a battle in difficult times. However, it is important we are ready when the economy turns around.

We are spending so much money on all of these projects. Will the Minister request CIE to provide us with a list of the ten top procurement projects for each of its companies during the past two years? While I welcome the list of projects announced by the Minister, an important project not listed is the Leinster outer orbital route which I know the Minister will favour given its potential to assist economic development in the Louth-Meath and general north county Dublin areas. I accept the Government is not committed to this project in this cycle but perhaps the Minister will outline his views in this regard.

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