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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I am sorry to interrupt but a mobile telephone is interfering with the sound system. Perhaps it can be turned off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: Thank you. I invite Mr. Tom Tiernan, senior engineer from Clare County Council, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank Mr. Tiernan. I know he retired from Clare County Council last Friday. I have worked closely with him down through the years and I thank him for that and wish him well in his retirement. He has an able replacement in Mr. Leahy, whom I also wish well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: Lastly, I call Mr. Jim Meade, chief executive of Iarnród Éireann, to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank the chief executive. I will call members to speak in the order that they have indicated and the first to speak is Senator Coffey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: There were a number of questions for the NPWS as well. I call Mr. Fitzgerald.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald. There were some questions for Mr. Sydenham-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I call Mr. Sydenham to address some of the points made by Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: For the information of Deputy Penrose, the President, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, lived in Ballycar and was raised there. He lived very close to the rail line we are discussing. It is the next parish to me, Newmarket-on-Fergus. It is a long-standing issue and as I understand it, over the past ten years, the railway line has been flooded six times. I have raised this, as have many other public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I was about to propose something along those lines. There is a willingness to try to deal with this and everyone feels every agency could have an input. In fairness to the Office of Public Works, there is frustration and we want clarity on what solution should be put in place. There must be an agreement between all agencies and a decision on who will pay for this. Could each agency make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: Coming back to that point, all of the agencies are willing to work together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: Iarnród Éireann commissioned RPS Group and it has presented five solutions. Will Iarnród Éireann commit to working with the other agencies and to come back to the committee with a solution in six months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: Could we also have this commitment from the OPW and Clare County Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: Mr. Tom Tiernan was on the former working group. Should the chief executive officer of Clare County Council or Mr. John Leahy be on the working group? Who would he suggest as representative of the council? Should the council chair the working group and push it forward in the interests of the county?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: I thank Mr. Tiernan. Does any member wish to make a final comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Joe Carey: On behalf of the joint committee I thank all the witnesses who attended. The committee recommends that a working group be convened and we will be in touch with each of the representatives on this group to get an update and progress report with a view to having a further meeting, if needed, in six months in order that the group can present a solution to the long-standing problem with the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (22 May 2018)

Joe Carey: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department is meeting the expressed time targets with respect to turnaround time both for the renewal and issuing of passports both express and online in the past six months; the body which reviews these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22563/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (22 May 2018)

Joe Carey: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which his Department is meeting targets as outlined through the various media with respect to turnaround time both for the renewal and issuing of passports both express and online in the past six months; the body which reviews these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22564/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 May 2018)

Joe Carey: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the demographic figures and statistics utilised by his Department for school planning purposes for school planning areas in counties Clare and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22300/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Recruitment (17 May 2018)

Joe Carey: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a matter (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21869/18]