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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans in place to ensure school facilities are utilised in communities outside of teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30991/25]

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I thank all the witnesses for attending. I know they are very busy. We appreciate their attendance. We see this as a key Department, considering all the issues we face as a country from a growth perspective. I am conscious I only have six minutes. I might jump around from person to person and ask people high-level and local-level questions. I will try to put the questions where they...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: So, it could be up on-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: It is €22 billion without any increase.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: Fine. That is what I am wondering about. I will jump to the NTA and Mr. Creegan. We get the opportunity to link in on some of the projects and we talked about the high-level funding. As regards the DART+ to Kilcock, which we have discussed before, what are the timelines at the moment for the DART+ to Maynooth and do we still envisage it ultimately going to Kilcock during that period?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: So, we believe we will try to get it out to Kilcock.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: Brilliant. I thank Mr. Creegan for that. As councillors, we would have worn our councillor hats when we looked for funding from the NTA. I want to use the example of a location on the Maynooth-to-Celbridge road in Maynooth, where there are two schools, the Gaelscoil and the ETB. We have had incidents happen. We have had children knocked down. I think the funding that is required for...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: There has been a report done on it, has there not? It was referred to earlier. We might be able to get a lot of the items in on the first scale rather than having to go for the full-scale project.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: If we could push that forward, it would be beneficial.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I will use the example of another project. I believe this question is for TII. I refer to a second bridge at Celbridge, and I am sure there are a lot of similar examples. This is something we agreed in a local area plan in 2017. Money has been put towards it. Out of what pot would the funding for the bridge in Celbridge come and when will we see movement on it? Do we have to wait for...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: It is. The initial funding was.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: The next tranche of funding will not come through Mr. O'Grady's Department.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: They will come through the other funding.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: Okay. Will they not be incorporated, though, as part of the national development plan?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: Yes, but they will be separate.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: It just shows the complexity, going back to what the Chair said at the start. I could be here for another round but I am conscious of the six minutes.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: How long do we have?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I used public transport to get here this morning. I used a train and a bus. I am not sure if I will get the bus or train home. We went into Croke Park on Sunday and it was an amazing service into Drumcondra and coming back out again. A huge amount of work has been done on something like that. The bus gets people to school and I can see the way things have improved with the times. We...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I was just wondering because there is a Dublin city travel fare and a Dublin commuter bus travel fare band. One is €2 and one is €2.40.