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Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Yes, exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: It is infill, yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Will it be a problem, especially for foreign motorists? Does Mr. Nolan think it is dangerous to have this small section of dual carriageway in the middle of two stretches of motorway? It is potentially very confusing for drivers.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: On the other side, what are the plans for connection with Gorey or Rosslare?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Is Mr. Nolan talking about the Enniscorthy bypass? That would join them up.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I am going to stay local and raise the N24 Piltown bypass. As has been highlighted, there have been ten deaths on that small stretch of road. It is a two plus one scheme, with which I never agreed. I objected to it at the time, as a councillor in Kilkenny. We argued that the scheme would not work and we were proved right. It is a two plus one scheme that has been problematic from the...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: There are two junctions-----

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I think there are three landowners involved.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Could Mr. Nolan clarify whether he is talking about closing the two junctions, building an overhead bridge and having a means of driving onto the road system, as with motorways?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: What timescale are we talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I come up from Naas to Dublin every day. Why is there a 100 km/h speed limit from Naas to Dublin where there is a three-lane road? I acknowledge it is a busy road. There is a motorway straight to Naas with a speed limit of 120 km/h but, all of a sudden, it drops to 100 km/h. It is 100 km/h to the M50 although it is a wider road with more lanes. With a view to having continuity for...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Is there no intention to change that?

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The M50 was a great project when it started but at the moment it is nearly choked every morning and evening. Are there any plans to go further out? I read on the paper lately that there are plans to have connections from the likes of Naas, out from the M50. Since the M50 is overheated with traffic, are there plans to go out further with roads around Dublin? What are the long and...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: My last question is on a local issue. It is about customer signage. I have been toing and froing over this for two years with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, my local authority, Kilkenny County Council, and even the tourist board. It is about signage for a hotel, whose name I will not mention. When the bypass of Waterford was developed, there was customer signage erected, with the bed...

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: He knows about it. Obviously, the letters are working.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: The Comptroller and Auditor General is satisfied.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2016 (12 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Does the Department get its money back?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (11 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of general safety works and the appointment of design consultant for the proposed overbridge on the Piltown bypass on the N24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41988/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the process by which the Prison Service is offering six month contracts to retired former personnel under 60 years of age is cost effective or counter productive to the process of hiring of new recruits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42875/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Facilities (10 Oct 2017)

Bobby Aylward: 382. To ask the Minister for Health if a submission seeking funding for palliative care rooms within the replacement ward accommodation under phase two of the current developments at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny has been submitted in conjunction with a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42891/17]