Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association

4:00 pm

Mr. Simon McKeever:

May I make a comment? There has been a regional focus to our engagement on Knock Airport, but we must also talk about the Dublin region. One of the issues that is being raised with us, and it is included in our submission, is the severe shortage of warehousing space. As Dublin Port and Dublin Airport are such a significant part of the exporting infrastructure, one potentially has a back-up of traffic around a point on the M50. If one looks at the development plan for Dublin Airport in particular, to my knowledge, there is only one entrance and egress from the airport. Something needs to be done in upgrading the infrastructure around Dublin Airport, including the metro north that really needs to be accelerated. It is important to mention that, although it is not in the Deputy's part of the country.

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