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

I am well exhorted in respect of this project. I am aware of all the points the Deputy has made. I have outlined the challenges I face. We have a capital budget that has rapidly decreased for reasons with which we are all familiar. I am working very closely with the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and have been doing so for nearly a year, on how we can respond to the challenges we face.

I am very much aware of the fact that as we see the economy recovering, the infrastructure we have in place must be developed to support growth. We must ensure growth takes place in a way that is both economically and socially sustainable. We need to enable communities to make journeys safely, in a reasonable time and in such a way that the kinds of towns to which the Deputy referred do not find huge quantities of traffic being diverted into them because of other projects that have taken place.

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