Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

At Cork County Council level there was shock and dismay at the announcement that the Dursey cable car will have to be suspended due to emergency repairs needed from 1 April until November 2022. This, coupled with An Taisce and some crowd called BirdWatch Ireland forcing a judicial review on planning given recently for a €10 million community development scheme, is leaving locals who have communicated with me in shock. There is a local solution. Unfortunately we cannot question what is wrong with the cable car. That is beyond me or the Taoiseach or anybody else. There is a local solution here that needs Cork County Council, and the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, who has responsibility for islands, to come together and find the funds and the solution to all work together for this to happen for the Dursey cable car to continue this year. A local solution is possible Is the Taoiseach willing to work with the locals?

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