Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am sure the House will join me in sending best wishes to Ireland's finest, the undisputed world champion, as she makes her homecoming on Saturday in her bid to be world champion in two weight divisions. We are all waiting for the words "and still" to be uttered at the end of the fight.

On Monday I attended the A5 public inquiry. This project is crucial to opening the north-west; transforming one of the most dangerous roads in the country; and reopening the economic potential of the north west. In the next few days the inquiry will look at a range of topics including the funding of the A5 project. This upgrade was agreed 16 years ago as part of the St. Andrews Agreement. The Government of the time agreed to co-finance it on a 50:50 basis. The Government stepped back from that commitment during the economic crisis. Given where we are with respect to economic growth, surpluses and the comments of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance, is the Tánaiste committed to financing this project on a 50:50 basis as agreed in St. Andrews?

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