Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 March 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Review of the Capital Plan: Transport Infrastructure Ireland

2:00 pm

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Page 19, point 5.12. "Turning to gateways and hubs, a very similar story emerges. Most gateways and hubs have enjoyed significant increases in employment accessibility." That refers to the last major investment in roads and road upgrades. "Ballina, Castlebar and Sligo experienced negligible improvements." However, I see nothing in any of the documents here that deals with the N26 or the N4. Is the N4 programme in planning or is it coming near to planning? The Ballaghaderreen to Scramogue project is mentioned. That goes back to the other document about the impact of road programmes on employment. There are 3,500 jobs depending on the N5 scheme. Those jobs are provided by multinationals in Mayo who are experiencing product damage because of the poor surface of that road. In the context of the national capital review, protection of employment in regions is a priority because it is very difficult to get new employment there. Does the TII take that into account in the lists it is currently submitting to the Department? I do not see anything about the N26 or the N4 in the plans here.

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