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

It is a priority and we want to advance a number of projects we believe will benefit many of our citizens. I would point to what we want to achieve in the housing area, where signs of progress are beginning to become tangible. We need to see more of that happening next year. I look at parts of Dublin with which I am familiar and see, for example, the opening of Broome Lodge in Cabra. Tomorrow morning we will confirm the project will go ahead at Mary's Mansions, in the heart of Dublin's north inner city. It has long needed further investment and the set of homes there needs more support than is currently available. We need to move ahead with hundreds of these types of projects across the length and breadth of our country. There has also been the completion of the Gort to Tuam road and the Luas cross-city project. I know the Deputy has a strong interest in road projects in his own county.

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