Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The other issue is that projects such as the Cork to Limerick motorway are on ice. It is major infrastructure. If we are to deal with the difference between Dublin and the west there must be infrastructure in the west.

The third point is that this time last year, the Taoiseach dug a sod in Cork, allegedly to confirm that the events centre was starting. It was a very cynical political act. It is 12 months later and nothing has happened, although the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, who is sitting beside the Taoiseach has announced-----

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