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

We will do that. We will listen to ideas and examine the different proposals people have to better connect our cities and bypass our towns. I absolutely agree with the Deputy. Tipperary town needs to be bypassed. It is really suffering and struggling and bears the weight of a lot of freight traffic. When I was Minister with responsibility for transport, I remember working very hard with the then Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, who is in the Chamber, to save those rail lines mentioned by the Deputy in Munster and County Tipperary and put forward a proposal for a one-way system or bypass for the town, which councillors decided against. It was their prerogative to do so. We now need to find a new solution for that town to make sure it gets bypassed. That in itself will help regenerate the town, which is desperately needed.

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