Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome this Private Members' motion brought by my colleagues in the Independent Group. The M18 linking Limerick and Shannon Airport to the city of Galway has been an essential piece of infrastructure. However, not all is great. First, there are no services on that stretch of road. Not alone are there no services but there is no signage to direct people to services. It took eight years for junction 12 to get signage for services. My God, is it coming to that? Build it and they will come, yet we are not allowed to put up signage to direct people to services. A colleague of mine drove from Limerick to Mayo. They needed services but did not know where to come off because they did not know how to get back on the road again because of the directional signs. It is simple stuff but no one knows if it is there in the first place. People get to Tuam and there is no signage for services. Last week, we were told there were no services or signage from Limerick to Mayo. This is the responsibility of TII. Rural Ireland is again missing out. There is no signage to help smaller towns. I understand from my colleagues that people are shopping in Ennis, Athlone or Tuam - anywhere except driving into Galway due to the lack of infrastructure for the wonderful city of Galway. No infrastructure has been put in place to get people into Galway and there is no signage to direct people to the services that are in those areas to help people on their route.

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