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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: When can the people who are hoping to be employees - for example, one concern is expanding at present and is on the outskirts of the town - hope to access that service?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Are there similar services in towns of a similar size, and would it have taken a similar length of time to get from where we were three years ago to what the position will be in 2021?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Is Carlow town a priority?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: There has been much consultation and reports and so forth have been compiled. What amount of money would have been spent in order to get to the current position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: There was consultation on linking it to the rail service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Is that part of the plan for the future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Obviously, the train service is central to the town and would be key. Is that part of the plan?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: There is a proposal to do some work on the train station. There have been disability access issues for a number of years. I understood the work was to begin early this year and to be completed by August. However, that work has not begun.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Is there a reason?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: The planning would have been granted probably two years ago.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: The timescale is important. I have many constituents who access the service and need it to get from A to B. There are a number of services in Carlow town. The Delta Centre, for example, provides services for people with intellectual disabilities and so forth. People have to go to Bagenalstown to get off the train and then come back to Carlow to access the service. That does not make...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: I do not want Ms Graham to comment on an individual application. I was just giving a general example.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: On an application anywhere.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Does NTA's input into the regional planning guidelines not feed into the same process?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: The NTA has no input at local level.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Okay. That is all my questions.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the key elements of the climate action plan 2019 which will put Ireland on a course for carbon neutrality without compromising capacity for food production. [28561/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: IDA Ireland Portfolio (16 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for selecting this important issue. I have highlighted this issue in the House in recent years, whether through a Topical Issue matter or written or oral questions. The timelines have dragged on considerably in recent times. I want to hear from the Minister of State today on where exactly things are at the moment. This is a highly important potential...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: IDA Ireland Portfolio (16 Oct 2019)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister of State for his response. He outlined the advantage of having the advance facility in any town, but especially Carlow town. In Carlow we are proud of the MSD facility coming to town. It is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The co-operation between IDA Ireland and the local authority ten years ago resulted in MSD coming to town. When the company completes...