Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)

Page 112 of the programme for Government sets out quite clearly the implementation of the Dublin city task force report. It also refers to the need to set up a task force for Cork city. We are now 150 days on and I am wondering when it is proposed to set up this task force. I fully understand that a lot of work is being done by the city council, the business association, the chamber of commerce and UCC but it is about a coordinated approach and working to improve the city centre as well as areas around it like Blackpool on the north side. We also need the northern distributor route. I fully understand the prioritisation of light rail but that is very much servicing the south side. It is about making sure that people have access to the city centre. It is also about growing the city centre and making it attractive. That is the purpose of a task force and I am just wondering when it is going to be established.

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