James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Unfortunately there was a fatal accident at the Burgess filling station since I raised the issue with the TII at a committee meeting. I live very near it. It is a very contentious issue for people in Youghal and Killeagh and for anyone who uses the N25 road that connects Cork and Waterford and on to Rosslare. Many people are familiar with it. The garage opened and then closed. There was a restaurant there originally with a filling station. It then shut for a long period and during that closure, in the middle of the previous decade, a right-hand island for westbound traffic to turn off was removed under a line repainting scheme. Subsequently, in 2017, the garage reopened. There are increased traffic volumes on the road. Some very positive work was done to address concerns about planning issues with the garage but from my understanding there was a little bit of a communications deficit on TII's side with the planning and architects on the garage owner's side. Cork County Council is very open to trying to find a resolution. I have engaged with it on this. Is it something that could please be looked at?

Mr. Walsh will be aware this is a huge safety issue and concern. Someone has been killed as a consequence of an accident there and it is something we live in fear of every day. I would nearly get down on my knees to ask TII to solve this for us because it is a major safety concern.