Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)

That is no problem at all. As he is aware, the Minister of State is more than welcome in my home and he is certainly more than welcome in my local pub as well, Albert Lynch's.

He has outlined what Mallow needs. I accept that we also need to have a commitment not just to the Mallow distributor road but to the northern ring road around Cork and to the Cork to Limerick road, which will be key infrastructure for delivering to the town of Mallow and Cork North-Central.

I was disturbed, upset and perturbed when I heard the leader of the Labour Party last week on Leaders' Questions. She was very much at odds with her backbenchers. She objected to the building of roads and took umbrage with the Government and the Minister who was standing in for the Taoiseach on the day. She said that we are not building enough bicycle lanes and the Government has rowed back on its commitment. There are many things I can criticise the Government for, but it has been very good at building bicycle lanes. There has been a very good commitment from this new Administration when it comes to the building of roads.

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