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

The total cost of the project is in excess of €800 million. The land cost alone will be approximately €100 million. Deputy Catherine Murphy spoke about this issue earlier. The total cost of delivering all of the projects we discussed is just over €100 million. The main challenge I face in a project of this scale is that funding cannot be secured; we are instead trying to progress projects the length and breadth of the country which make a contribution to road safety and support the ability of communities to get to and from work and around the country safely. I want this project to go ahead at some point in the future, but there is a lack of funding. If the Deputy is committed to the project, perhaps he might tell me where he would secure the €800 million required to deliver it, while also delivering all of the other Government projects he supports.

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