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

As the Deputy knows, I am not in a position to confirm or announce what will be in the plan or whether all or some of what he refers to will be included. I have to get Government support and agreement as to what that project will be and I am working on that at the moment. I reiterate that I am very much aware of the need for the projects to which he is referring. The Deputy has raised the matter with me continually over the past year and a half. I am particularly aware, because I see it myself, that although it has made a great difference in travel time for people coming off and onto the M50 and is a really important project, since the Newlands Cross flyover has been opened, it has had a displacement effect on other communities. There is also potential for further jobs in the areas to which the Deputy has referred. I take on board the points he makes and I am doing my best to respond to this and, indeed, to other projects.

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