Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy acknowledges that this is a very significant amount of money from the taxpayer. It is easily comparable to, if not greater than, the private sector investment put into the millennium business park and the surrounding area. It is receiving priority for the future, provided funding is available, because of how busy the existing roads in the area, in particular the M7, are and because access to the millennium business park will become extremely difficult if we do not find a way to alleviate the problem. That is why this group of projects has been proposed. My challenge is to ensure the total amount of money, in excess of €100 million, can be secured to support the investment and job creation under way, but we can only go ahead with the scheme if we have the money and can be sure money will be available in the future. Otherwise we risk repeating the mistakes which have cost us so dear already.

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