Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 31 – Transport (Revised)

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is the Minister's area, but the A5 project is within the programme for Government and is a definite commitment. There has been considerable North-South engagement on transport, for example, cross-Border rail and bus services, interbus agreements and the protocol around same, and ensuring we will not have a lack of connectivity post Brexit. After the end of the transition period, a UK driver licence will no longer be valid for people living in Ireland. Many people made the transition before the last cliff edge last year. Of the 70,000 people who needed to make that change to their licences, 55,000 did. We need to run another campaign.

Regarding the infrastructural projects that the Deputy raised, I will ask the Minister – his officials are listening – to revert to him in detail.

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