Dáil debates

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Other Questions

Ports Facilities

11:50 am

Photo of Mick WallaceMick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It has been over four years since the Indecon review into Rosslare harbour was presented to the Minister's Department but it has only recently become available for public viewing, although it is mostly redacted. Nothing has changed during those four years in terms of how Rosslare Europort operates nor how the Department has approached its ownership and management. The key recommendation of the Indecon report was option five, which concerns the potential to develop a long-term concession agreement for the port. A steering committee was set up but four years later nothing has happened. Rosslare is the only port or airport in the country that is served by a rail link. More vessels arrive annually there than in any port in the country except Dublin. That is the situation prior to Brexit. However, the Department does not seem to have any idea how to develop the port or stop it from falling into disrepair.

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