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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: TII is looking to have documents go out this year, with a contract hopefully being in place at the end of this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have a question about the greenways programme, from University of Limerick to Montpelier, via Castleconnell and Limerick to Scariff and to Montpelier. They are currently at phase 0 of TII's project management guidelines. In layman's terms, where are those projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is under way. The N59 Newport village project delivered route options to be considered for the village enhancement scheme. I assume TII is awaiting the deliberations of Tipperary County Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is it with Tipperary County Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Newport village, in County Tipperary, in my constituency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: One has to do what one has to do. The witnesses can send me a note on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Newport in County Tipperary is unique. It is a great village.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a great village with great people and I am glad to represent it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will seek to bring in representatives of the Department of Transport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Deputy Crowe and I are familiar with this. We have had representatives of Roadbridge before us as a committee and we know the people who work for the company. We know the subcontractors. They have brought this matter into stark, human terms. We as a committee will expedite the review of this. Changes will have to take place, or the three or four Irish contractors that remain in civil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy very much. I will now go to non-members. Deputy Kerrane has roughly five minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Walsh is going to be busy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Walsh and Mr. O'Neill for attending today's meeting. We obviously all have projects in our individual constituencies. There is a serious macro problem with the public works contracts system. The committee will follow up with the Department and more particularly we will hold public hearings probably in the second week back after Easter. We will prioritise it. Obviously, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry, the Office of Government Procurement. Within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, is the Office of Government Procurement the body that deals with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will inquire. Should we engage with anyone else on public procurement contracts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: They might reflect on that and write back to us. We are doing work on it. I have seen it at first hand with what happened with Roadbridge. It had a phenomenal staff of 630. It is generally accepted that it did top-quality work. The staff had been there for many years. Many suppliers and subcontractors ended up in serious difficulty when Roadbridge entered receivership. Do they have any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We might be able to follow up on that matter because Roadbridge had a large number of subcontractors and suppliers who are now in serious difficulty as a result of the collapse of Roadbridge. It is in receivership and the company has ceased trading. I might follow up with Mr. Walsh regarding the contracts. He might write to us specifically on the issue of the enablers for delivery of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: When does the Minister expect the app will be up and running? It is hugely important that people see that and that there be encouragement for every town and village to have a remote working hub. It is something I passionately believe in. We have towns throughout east Limerick and north Tipperary that it would work very well for but it is about knowledge and people's awareness, so that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Minister for taking such an interest in this issue. It is ironic that modern technology is bringing back rural Ireland. This affords people with the opportunity to work in their local village and support their local shops and community daily, without being required to commute all the time to cites to work. I recognise, therefore, the funding being invested in this area. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Digital Hubs (5 Apr 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: 138. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an update will be provided on the connected hubs in County Limerick and north County Tipperary; the process on becoming a connected hub; and the available funding for hubs under the connected hubs funding stream. [17898/22]