Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I refer to job creation in rural Ireland, especially in County Kerry where we are greatly hampered by the lack of road infrastructure into the county, with bottlenecks in Macroom and Adare. Last year the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport announced that the Macroom bypass project had been included in the six-year capital investment programme. For which of the six years is it scheduled? County Kerry is greatly hampered in the creation of jobs and we cannot attract indigenous or foreign investment because of the lack of infrastructure, especially for access. The broadband service is practically non-existent. If one gets off an aeroplane at Farranfore Airport and travels one mile either way on the three roads out of Farranfore, there is no mobile phone coverage. To ensure fair play for the people of County Kerry, when will the Government provide the necessary funding for the Macroom bypass project?

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