Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister and I had the opportunity to discuss the substance of this matter in the House before. Given the huge challenges emerging for business and commerce in the Border region due to Brexit and its adverse impacts on the Border economy, I put the need to upgrade the road infrastructure in the region to the Minister during Question Time, in a Topical Issue debate and privately at a meeting with him, for which I am grateful. We do not have a rail network in Ulster and we need a modern road network. There is an urgent need to prioritise a number of routes in the Border region to ensure that they are up to a standard which local business and commerce and residents deserve.

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