Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The NTA is correct in what it said at the committee yesterday. Going back to what I said earlier about visits around the country, I visited Clare County Council and Limerick County Council and was very open and public in giving the reasons I believe the strategic development of Limerick is in the centre, in the existing county and the centre of the city. There is real risk to Limerick if it spreads, alternatively, into Clare, on a roads based development model. As I said earlier on in respect of the national planning framework, we want to develop compact development on sustainable transport modes.

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