Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I agree with Senator Boyle's and Senator Donohoe's excellent assessment of the situation in which we find ourselves. I ask the Leader of the House for an early debate on the role of the National Roads Authority and An Bord Pleanála in, and their negative approach to, job retention and creation. This may be microeconomics but it is important from a rural point of view. For example, Brendan and Derek Allen of Castlemine Farm, Fourmilehouse, Roscommon, a traditional farm and artisan food operation, were granted-----