Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tá cúpla rud maith ansin. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach go mbeadh ionadaithe ón bpobal agus ó na hoileáin air mar tuigeann siad cén bhealach atá sé a bheith i do chónaí ar oileán chuile lá beo. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil easpa infreastruchtúir cuí ar na hoileáin, ach go háirithe na céibheanna, agus tá mé ag smaoineamh ar chéibh Inis Meáin. Scríobh mé chuig an Aire faoi chasadh leis an ngrúpa atá ag feachtasaíocht i gcomhair chéibh Inis Meáin. Luaim céibh Inis Oírr chomh maith. Tá an t-airgead ann agus caithimid a chinntiú go bhfuilimid in ann é sin a bhrú ar aghaidh chomh sciobtha agus is féidir.

I welcome the Minister's response and am delighted she pushed for representation from the island community, given it is only islanders who know the real-life impact of living on an island. We know about the lack of adequate infrastructure, and there are a few issues in that regard. We have discussed Inisheer and Inishmaan several times, and I wrote to the Minister in regard to getting in the Inis Meáin group to meet representatives of the Department, which would be important. There is money for Inisheer, which is welcome, but we need to push it to make sure it will get over the line as soon as possible in order that we can get the work started.

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