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

I thank the Deputy. The M20 project between Limerick and Cork is one that I strongly support and I know the Deputy does too. It is important to bear in mind that there have been very significant motorway projects that benefit Waterford. The Dublin to Waterford motorway is complete and it was done before the Cork to Limerick one. Just in recent times, we have done New Ross, and while New Ross obviously is of particular benefit to Wexford, it is of benefit to Waterford as well.

Perhaps what I could help the Deputy with is some of that granular data, and I would be happy to provide it to his office. To give a few examples, there was €1.2 million under the regional regeneration fund for County Waterford, mainly going to Cappoquin, and €10.63 million in the transformation fund for the technological university for the south east, bringing the total allocation for that to €14.33 million. As I mentioned earlier, almost €30 million has been allocated to the north quays project, which I know we are strong supporters of. Of course, the cath lab is now very much under way, and I know the Deputy has worked very hard on that and is very committed to it.

I want to say that, obviously, when it comes to putting the national development plan review together, we will proof it and we will make sure every region in Ireland gets a fair share of investment.

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