Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed)
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
The Technological University of the Shannon. I am sorry. Similarly, on the eastern side of the city, there is the likes of a region such as Ballysimon, which is close to the centre, where we could put significant new development in. Similarly, on the reopening of the rail line to Foynes, if you look at the Dooradoyle region and Raheen, again it is a matter of reopening. It is not expensive to put new stations if the line is in operation. We have some examples. It might cost between €10 million and €20 million, which is a lot, but relative to the development benefit and the transport-led development, that is where we need to go.
Similarly, we have been investing in the fourth of these legs leading into Limerick on the Ballybrophy line. There is the potential for commuting from Nenagh, with stations in the likes of Castleconnell and all of that industrial area to the north-east of Limerick. That is where I see the future development of the city and through that, the region. That, I think, has to be one of our first priorities. That is one of the reasons the Moyross station is a pathfinder project to make sure we deliver it by 2025. Similarly, that is why we are reopening the Shannon-Foynes line as a freight service but also to help the likes of Askeaton and some of the towns I mentioned earlier.
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