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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the economic impact of the carbon cuts his Department plans to implement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (4 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department will be providing to Rosslare Europort for the establishment of a wind farm construction base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ecologists involved in processing the 56 Coillte felling licences issued for week 4 of the October 2021 dashboard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53920/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I thank the committee for accommodating me. Mr. Walsh is aware of the huge increase in traffic to Rosslare Europort as a result of Brexit. We have an issue, particularly in the local area, whereby we have had an increase of 400% in commercial traffic travelling through and to the small villages of Kilrane, Rosslare and Tagoat. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I ask Mr. Walsh to stick with the local part and access roads.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Yes. Do we have a timeline for it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that. In fairness to Wexford County Council in this regard, Eamon Hore has kept us up to date. I sit in on the council meetings. What is being asked is that TII meets the district councillors in Rosslare. There is a very large national school on the roadside. It might be worth a visit to have a look at it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is okay but if it is the roads authority perhaps there will be some work in conjunction with it. The access road is expected to be at least two years away. There are treacherous road conditions. We do not expect to see the N11 upgrade for ten years. There is a 400% increase in traffic, creating treacherous road conditions. There are a lot of junctions on the existing road with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I appreciate that. I ask that TII engage on this to see whether something can be done to provide accommodation for the articulated trucks overnight. At present, there is nowhere. It is not a road that can accommodate parking on its side. Another issue I want to speak about is roads funding, which is a huge bugbear in Wexford. Wexford is deemed to have the worst roads. It is number one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is what I am coming to. The funding is per kilometre and not the state of the roads. The category-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I can quote what the director said. Is he correct in this? He said that it has been intimated that if the local authority spends its own money or budget, this would be reflected in Wexford roads grants at the same rate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I am quoting from minutes of a meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: I do think Mr. Hore would have any contention with what is being said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: What has been said is that the roads grants are paid per kilometre, not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That is not Mr. Walsh’s remit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: That may be my confusion, that that was the same allocation of funding. That is fine. I want to come back to the topic which is more of Mr. O'Neill’s area. I have met him before and it is nice to see him again. I have a question on a climate policy within TII. TII would obviously have a climate carbon policy, would it not, or a carbon footprint policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Verona Murphy: How do toll bridges or toll barriers fit into that plan?