Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

This has been a most interesting debate to which, unfortunately, I have only about five or six minutes to respond. I would have liked more time, but I will try to cover the various points in the limited time available. It is fair to say this Bill is intended to provide a balance between the protection of our heritage and the necessity to provide much-needed infrastructure, in this case the south-eastern motorway. It has been suggested throughout that other things could be done. I would like to hear an alternative proposal. Everybody is against it and is in favour of the protection of the heritage and infrastructural development that is a credit to our country. At the same time, there is no alternative.