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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: No, but there is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: If I can return to-----
- 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...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: To be clear on that, the ratio also relates to new investment infrastructure. We also have an ongoing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: No. As I said, we have to look at road maintenance. We spend a major amount of money-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: That is new, plus maintenance. The maintenance is not included in the ratio.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I will get my officials to come back to the Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: It is not 2:1 in favour of public transport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I have a real issue because it takes so long and is so difficult to build public transport. We do not have the same pipeline. We do not have the same as Finland-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Just in the past year, we have never spent more on roads in the history of the State. It is more than ever before.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I signed off on it.
- 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 point on the north west. We are spending €250 million upgrading the road from Castlebar to Westport. We are spending the same amount on the Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge road.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I heard Members on that issue and it is a valid point. I will be engaging with TII to make sure we can resolve some of that uncertainty, but it will not necessarily result in the advancement of all the projects. That is something that would be fundamentally dishonest because the truth is we do not have the funding to build them all. We could give false promises saying that everything will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am in serious trouble with the Taoiseach.