Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I raise the issue of the N2 and A5 roads. It is a major project that has been talked about for a considerable period. I refer not only to the section in the North of Ireland but also to the Slane bypass and further improvements nearer Dublin at Primatestown. Although the bypass in the national development plan is at route selection stage, it will not go in for planning permission until 2021, which will be nine years from when it was previously refused planning permission. It is one of the signature projects in the national development plan. As for the issue at Primatestown, we have no idea when that will be done, despite it too being in the national development plan.

The Minister will know the road because much of it passes through her county. When will the N2 be upgraded at the various points the Government has promised it will be upgraded and when will we have the required road?

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