Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 12:

In page 8, line 18, after “schools” to insert “, road, cycling and other active mobility infrastructure”.

There is a lack of cycle lanes, greenways and roads on the northside of city. I have posted a map of this on my Twitter page so people can see the difference between the southside and northside of the city. It means that people on the southside of the city, where there are cycle lanes and greenways, have an option of how they go to work. On the northside, because of a lack of this vital infrastructure, people are limited mainly to using cars, so then they are forced to pay an unfair carbon tax because there is not sustainable or equal development of cycle lanes, greenways and roads. This is a huge issue for my constituency of Cork North-Central. There is a lot of talk about the environment and how we are trying to reach the 2030 goals. If you live on the northside of Cork city or in Cork North-Central, there is not balanced development. What we want included here in the legislation are roads, cycle lanes and greenways because they are vital infrastructure.