Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

The Ennis bypass is a fantastic improvement. We read only yesterday about the opposition to the western rail corridor on the basis that it would make a loss but, nonetheless, the Government is committed to going ahead with that project. That is positive discrimination in favour of the west.

The two privatisations that rankle with me are, first, the sale of Irish Steel for £1 to Mr. Mittal in 1995 which was then closed down three or four years later.