Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----such as the N11 and the Gort to Tuam motorway.

Regarding what we are delivering under this Government, it is BusConnects and MetroLink but these are very big projects. Let us not forget that BusConnects is not just for Dublin, it is for other cities as well. It is a €2 billion investment in buses and cycling facilities and people often forget that aspect of it. It is greatly beneficial for cyclists as well. It is impossible to cost MetroLink for certain at this stage but it is also a multi-billion euro investment in public transport from the north of County Dublin through to the city centre. These projects involve public consultation, however, and that is the stage that we are at now with BusConnects and MetroLink. Public consultation is under way, the NTA is listening and it will come back with revised plans. When it comes back with revised plans, we will be able to apply for railway orders and planning permission, then put them out to tender and then get a realistic final cost. It is only when we goes to tender that we will know the real cost and then make a final decision on whether we proceed.

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