Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

There is an independent safety officer for the tunnel with whom Deputy O'Dowd has been in contact. The Department also arranged for an expert on the tunnel safety directive in the EU Commission to speak to Deputy O'Dowd but I do not know whether that offer was taken up. With regard to the Dublin port tunnel, the Department has been assured by the NRA that it is fully compliant with the EU directive? I am not aware that the final cost of the tunnel has changed from the figure of approximately €700 million given in the House previously.

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