Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)

Some of the those who have analysed the matter have said we would need a population of approximately 10 million to justify some of the traffic volume projections made. Perhaps the Minister would not agree, but that is the feeling. I would like some serious research to be conducted into what has gone on in the last ten years. We need to examine the developers who were getting the work on major projects. We should analyse the amount of money they were receiving per kilometre, by comparison with that paid elsewhere in Europe. Part of the equation was that the jobs for the boys became bigger and bigger as a result of over-specification.

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