Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I noticed two things under the investment priorities, namely, enhanced regional rural accessibility and decarbonisation. As the Minister knows, in Connemara, we probably produce more renewable energy, by a mile, than we consume in fossil fuels because we have some of the biggest wind farms in the country.

We are doing our bit. When I did an analysis of where the job is getting done with regard to renewable energy, I saw that it is getting done in places like Connemara. When we need something, however, it becomes something different.

Will the Minister explain two things to me? The Minister knows the Maam Cross to Clifden road very well. It was to be developed online up to a uniform national standard, which is quite modest. In other words, it was to be the same as the new bit at Derrylea. That is what was to happen and nothing more. Why has the planning of that been stopped? It is just about making it safe.

My second question is very pertinent and simple. Public transport funding will have a ratio of 2:1 against road funding. There is no railway in Connemara, except for a little bit at Maam Cross. I take it we will not reinstate the railway line.