Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I welcome the assurance from the Minister and I take it he will give an assurance that the funding will be in place and that there will be no hold up in the scheme. It was agreed at the time that there would be a dual carriageway from Derry to Dublin. There is a missing piece and I seek clarification on the situation. In particular, I refer to the road from Aughnacloy to Castleshane, which is still a difficult main road but not a dual carriageway. Will the Minister indicate the progress, if any, that has been made and whether he will be in a position to fund the NRA to ensure that section of the road will be improved such that there will be a through road from Donegal and Derry to Dublin?

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