Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

The Government must be accountable for its decision making. Almost €2 billion has been allocated but CIE has said it will not be spent for three years. Is the Government going to tell CIE to spend the money and build the interconnector or not? Is the Minister in charge or not? What is going on? The Minister has been snubbed by CIE.

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