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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am quite happy to meet Senator Buttimer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Capital.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Outside it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: NIFTI is not the decision gate. It has to inform. It has to state that one has to look at the rail option as well as the motorway option.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: It would say that one has to look at upgrading the existing road rather than building a new road. It would say that one has to make sure one is doing a certain thing and is supporting active travel and other arrangements, but it is not the decision gate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: The Chair knows my view. I said this earlier. I think we should prioritise bypasses and likes of the bypass at Charleville and Buttevant and do that in the same way that we are talking about Tipperary town. That does not preclude the upgrade of the road. Do I believe a full motorway makes sense in this instance? I do not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I believe we should address safety issues first. I do not think that has to be through motorway design.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: There is no ideology. It is good engineering and good outcomes. I do not think NIFTI indicates that there is a first priority and then a second priority. It is about better-balanced regional development. I summarised it. It is also about compact development and low-carbon development. That third one is also critical.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I would look at the engineering and economic case. As I said, we have an existing project pipeline requiring €70 billion. Much of that is in Limerick, Cork and Galway. If there is one thing that I want to make clear here, it is that I think we need to invest in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick in particular, because we are not seeing them develop quickly enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I will quote someone from outside. I hope he does not mind. Professor Edgar Morgenroth is an economist from DCU who was involved, as I understand, in the drafting of the national planning framework. I heard him say one thing that is simple but true. If we really want to see Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick develop, we must invest in the cites. That is the big plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I have driven it hundreds of times.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I have driven it hundreds of times.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I know it very well. That is why I think safety is a real issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: There is also a real issue with those towns, in addition to Mallow.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I will make a couple of points. If we build the motorway, it arrives at Blackpool in Cork. We will then have to build a motorway to the Dunkettle roundabout and northern ring road around Cork. That then undermines the rail investment we are making in the Cork metropolitan area. It is also incredibly expensive. We have an issue in that while €35 billion is a lot of funding, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: We agree to differ on that issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: The Chairman mentioned a 2:1 ratio. We are not meeting that yet and we will have a real challenge to do so. The reality on the roads side is that we have many roads in planning and incredible capability in road-building. TII and the local authorities are superb at building roads. They have endless numbers of projects. It is very difficult. We cannot give false promises and say that...