Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. I take his point that this is not a finalised scheme and that a process is under way. However, it is clear this is likely to be the optimal scheme from a technical point of view, as he has stated. The deep concern of the clubs - the Minister correctly also referenced Home Farm - and schools is that the technical optimal position will supersede and take preference over the considerations to which the Minister referred in terms of social and community life of the city. I seek reassurance from the Minister that the consultation process will not be a case of simply going through the motions. I have no doubt that all stakeholders will work collaboratively with him but they need to know that the social and community dimension will have equal or greater billing than a simple technical view of the route.

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