Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Transport to the House to clarify the position regarding the upgrading of the N9 to motorway status. The commitment was made in the national development plan and restated in the spatial strategy, but some doubts have been expressed in recent utterances from the Minister. He speaks about fast-tracking motorways to other cities with the exception of Waterford. I ask the Minister to come to the House at the earliest opportunity to discuss the question of roads to the major cities and the motorways as promised in those two documents.