Results 8,341-8,360 of 26,037 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will pass that on to Deputy Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will now move to Deputy Matthews. I assume he wishes to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I do not think Irish Rail would be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Matthews has made an excellent point. Have the NTA or local authorities done an audit of all the primary and secondary schools to see how safe they are and how they can be linked up with footpaths or whatever. It is obviously a key way to get active travel going. Rather than reinventing the wheel, has that body of work been done? People are now older when doing their driving test....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps the Deputy will enlighten us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to give members four minutes. I ask them to hold to that time because quite a number of members want to come back in again. We will start with Deputy O'Connor.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I would say that is far from a hypothetical question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is for local authorities to approve such projects.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question is that if a project costs less than €100 million, how quickly can that be turned around?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy can work with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I suspect it is a case of "Show me the money."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Senator Craughwell arrange for a submission to be made and then that meeting could be facilitated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I asked Mr. O'Neill about the value of the N20-N69 project. Obviously, I was conscious of the fact that €1 billion has been set aside while €800 million has been committed. This leaves a gap of €200 million give or take. Does Mr. O'Neill know the estimated cost of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: How many years would that be over? Would it be over three years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is about €120 million per annum.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That €1 billion is up to 2025. Building would probably not start until about 2024 and it would be completed in 2027. The €1 billion is taking us up to 2025.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: So it does give scope to fund that out of post-2025 funding.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The first step is to get it through An Bord Pleanála. It is a huge project for the area. Anyone who goes through Adare sees that it is a beautiful village but my God, it is horrendous for traffic so there is a lot involved. Obviously, once this comes out, TII will continue to proceed to tender and then once it has a preferred-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: If planning comes through from An Bord Pleanála, what will be the next step in the process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That all goes to the Department of Transport.