Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has just outlined the decrease there has been in the roads capital budget. It is important that the finance committee tries to reverse that trend and I will certainly make a strong pitch and continue to emphasise the importance of prioritising the Bonagee link project. I know the NRA's responsibility in this respect but the Deputy has a role as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I emphasise the importance of this project and urge him to engage with the NRA to put a timeline on how we take the project forward. As he said, the plans and costings are in place and it is now a question of how to move it forward to implementation. We need to ensure within the period of a short number of years that it is progressed and that the plans for it do not sit on the shelf for many years to come.

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