Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was glad to see the Castleisland bypass put in place a couple of years ago. The Deputy will be glad to know that the road from Ballyvourney through Macroom to Cork is already on the major programme for development over the coming years. I agree that it is right and proper that Killarney be included. I hope we do win the joint bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Killarney is an outstanding place with all the accommodation available. Would it not be nice if Australia, for instance, were based there for five or six weeks? The draw and the tourism impact would be enormous. Killarney is much better equipped than many other towns to cater for that. I am sure that in the time ahead, the plans and programmes laid out by both the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the local authority will continue to improve.

The Deputy has made his point and it is well taken. I hope the members of the local authority will make their decisions in respect of some of the issues to which he has referred.

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