Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

We did not lose any battles on capital projects and we believe projects should proceed. We made such a point. The timescale for these projects is very long and the Minister has mentioned dates in 2015 and 2017. The 2016 commemorations are coming up and I would like to see at least one of these projects in place by then.

In Ballymun we collected many contributions along the routes so will the same process occur along the routes for this project? We cannot get the contributions back for people who paid towards the metro north and we do not know when it will come about; that is wrong. Have contributions been made with regard to this line?

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