Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Far be it for me to tell any Deputy how to do their job, but I have been saying for nigh on eight years that the expansion of Dublin Port is an absolute scandal. Dublin Port is overdeveloped. The reconfiguring for Brexit made the port a total disaster from a movement perspective. From the EPA's perspective, it is already overdeveloped on the basis of expanding the most NOx emissions this country has and paying huge fines at European level every year. We are the only country in Europe expanding an inner-city port. Every other country is removing ports from their main cities out into the regions. There is an opportunity to expand Rosslare Europort, to develop it and to give it the strategic position it deserves in the country. It is now our only port connected to mainland Europe. I ask the Minister to announce significant funding from the Irish Exchequer, which will give us a bang for our buck, rather than Brexit moneys that come from the EU to do exactly what it wants, which is to put in a border post.

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