Dáil debates

Thursday, 12 December 2019

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Eugene MurphyEugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask the Tánaiste about safety on the N5 national primary route. I acknowledge that work has commenced on the new section of the route between Ballaghaderreen and Scramogue. That is welcome because it will improve safety. We still have a significant issue with safety along the N5. Recently, an articulated lorry ended up in the back windscreen of the car of a lady who had just picked up her four children from school in the village of Tulsk. That is how close it was. Luckily, nobody was hurt. I can show the Tánaiste photographs of this incident if he wishes. I appreciate that this is not his area of responsibility. He and his staff have been helpful with these issues in the past. As this road will be so busy over the next week, I would like the Tánaiste to ask the TII to consider the installation of temporary lights over the next couple of days to avoid injury or death. The safety issue along there is absolutely outrageous.

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