I am raising the issue of the bypass of Tipperary town again. People there need to be able to live and breathe. Given the traffic to and from Rosslare because of Brexit it will be vital. I know it is the desire of the Minister, and again today in the House he stated he prefers smaller bypasses of towns, and we are on the one page. I thank him for his engagement with the people of Tipperary town and the various groups. I beg him to insist the inner relief road on the footprint of the N24 Pallasgreen to Cahir road be done first or else put in place a simple bypass or relief road. The people there cannot live the way it is. They cannot breathe or cross the street. It is terrible. There are very good business people and community people in Tipperary town and they want to be able to do business and have a reasonable modicum of a decent lifestyle. Will the Minister please keep engaging with them to try to get the bypass for Tipperary town?

I commit to that. The various meetings I have had on this issue have been very useful. Tipperary town is one of many that needs the new town centre first strategy. We need to have various initiatives. As I said earlier, we need a range of bypasses in these fantastic 19th-century market towns. They have fantastic architecture, strong resources and schools, churches, retail and pubs all within walking distance. It is about restoring them and returning them to real vibrancy with young families living in the centre. This is at the centre of the town centre first strategy. It will require bypasses, investment in restoration, particularly in historic buildings, a change in regulations to make this easier and more economic and a range of innovative measures. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is committed to this in the rural development strategy that we published recently.

Thank you, Minister.

My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, will have a key role. It has to be an all-of-government approach. The town centre first strategy will help Tipperary town and others to rise.