Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will give the Minister a couple of facts. On the regeneration announcement for Cork, of €405 million, not one penny is going to the northside. On sustainable transport funding, there are 66 projects; 31 in the southside and 12 in the northside. Nearly €16 million is being spent on the southside and less than €6 million on the northside. These are the Government’s figures. These are the facts I am talking about. On Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, grants, there is €2 million for Cork City Council, only €300,000 of which will go towards a look at the northern ring road.

The Minister and I live in Cork. I advise him to drive around Cork city with me and look at the road infrastructure on the southside. We have the Jack Lynch Tunnel connecting to the southern link road, and then you come to the northside. You come through that tunnel, you go up Silversprings to Tivoli and you are in the heart of the residential area of Mayfield.

I have loads of figures that prove my point. The northside is not getting adequate distribution. My final point is that if this Government is being fair to the northside, where is the funding for the northern ring road?

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