Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-01-20
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I have enormous sympathy for people who are affected by sterilisation with regard to road projects. Even if takes a long time for a road to be built, just going from five possible routes to one frees four tracts of land. If the road project is more advanced, narrowing a wide corridor a bit can free land on which people can build houses, farm buildings, etc. I very much appreciate the dilemma many people around the country face as a consequence of the announcement by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. The Government is discussing that currently. Even if it takes a long time to build some of these roads or get them started, being able to desterilise or free people's land is really important. We will do that if we can.

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Sitting date: 2022-01-20