Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)

The people of the west have been let down again. This was an opportunity to re-open the Claremorris to Sligo route but it has been put on the long finger.

Years ago we complained about trans-European networks. If I want to go from Sligo to Waterford I will not go through Galway, Limerick or Cork but through Athlone. This is not an Atlantic corridor or Pacific highway, or whatever it is called in the United States, it is a ministerial corridor. The Ministers had their snouts in the trough and ensured the route went through their constituencies. That is the problem with this plan.