Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Historically, that seems to have been missing in some of those areas in north Kildare. We seem to have got a lot of the houses but we do not necessarily seem to have got the infrastructure. Towns are clogged up. Maynooth University provides a slightly separate example, although it is very similar. The university currently has a significant issue in that we do not have enough transport links or accommodation and yet the numbers attending are consistently increasing. We are therefore drawing people into vehicles but we do not have the parking spaces. Ultimately, students have no choice but to park their cars around the area. Does the Department have consistent engagement with the university and the local authority on an issue like that, how to provide better transport links and how to make it easier for people who have places to attend the college?