Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

All right, whatever. It is a pity. They work hard, they do not have many powers and their powers have been eroded. This beggars belief. We want to bring in powers to empower or overpower An Bord Pleanála and there is not a mention of it this time but there are question marks over An Bord Pleanála. I speak to engineers regularly in Tipperary County Council and Waterford County Council who tell me they cannot get a penny to repair a bridge or do any kind of major works. If it is not something to do with greenways or cycle paths, forget it. That is the Minister's legacy. Maybe he might tell us too, on Tipperary town, if the N24 project and the M20 project are off. Are they all buried now? I dearly hope the Tipperary bypass in the Minister's grandparents' home area will proceed. Are we going to stop everything just to have these pet projects the Minister and his Deputies want to pursue? I remember Deputy Leddin some time ago at an agriculture committee meeting said he was delighted with the price of fertilizer because farmers could not spread too much of it.

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