Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----where the second and third largest cities are not connected. These are the only two such cities. I appreciate that we are not connected with Waterford either but that is another day’s wait, which I understand is being raised by Senator Cummins. The M20 is very necessary. It is mentioned in the NDP document, as it has been for the past ten years, and the road has now gone to M-N20, which raises questions. I was listening to a Minister from the Green Party on the radio this morning talking about town bypasses where perhaps a motorway may not be necessary on all routes. This raises a concern for me. We need to bring the Minister for Transport into the House to have a debate on transport. I welcome the fact that with light rail and everything else there is great deal of very necessary changes to the plan and that the Government will be looking at many of these light rail projects and alternative routes but we have to have connectivity between the second and third largest city. I thank the Cathaoirleach.