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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: There is a thing called an amnesia pill, and it makes one forget everything.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: For his years in the wilderness, he took his amnesia pills. He has forgotten he was in government when the country was bankrupt.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: He has forgotten about the four-year plan to which he referred. His plan went up in smoke because he spent money like there was no tomorrow. We are at least producing a plan, which is a ten-year plan that is responsible-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: -----gradual and realistic. I will not listen any longer to the sort of hypocrisy I have to put up with from Deputy Ryan. He comes in here day after day and forgets that he was in government when the country went bankrupt.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: You were the great prop of Cowen and Ahern when they had magic coming out of the sky, with castles in the air that never existed and were never built.

Other Questions: Sports Facilities Provision (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Brophy for injecting an element of calm into the proceedings. Deputy Ryan has gone, so I will leave him alone. The Government, through Sport Ireland, is committed to the ongoing development of the national sports campus. Sport Ireland is currently reviewing the master plan for the campus development, in consultation with the sporting bodies. The original master plan...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I will engage with anybody relevant to the project to promote it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: My officials have engaged with them intensely recently.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: This is not the first time I have heard the issue of this road being raised. The Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Griffin, has raised it with me many times. It is a serious problem and I recognise that the project is important to the Minister of State, as well as to Deputies Danny and Michael Healy-Rae, Martin Ferris and all other representatives in County Kerry. I will address the issue...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I am glad that the Deputy acknowledged the presence of the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Brendan Griffin. It was very gracious of him to do so. I am also glad that he has acknowledged that we are taking this project very seriously. Kerry County Council selected the route in 2004. However, following a review, the scheme was revised several...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Network (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy can be absolutely assured that I have taken his contribution seriously. The capital plan, as it stands, does not make provision for the N22, Farranfore to Killarney, scheme, but the extra funding provided in the capital plan review will enable TII to develop a pipeline of potential future projects. This project will be considered for development in the post-2022 period....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I cannot let the Deputy say things like that without any evidence. I have not delayed a decision. There have been delays, but not on my part. I have not procrastinated. If anything, I have put pressure on people to make haste in this. The Deputy is quite correct in saying that delays have happened elsewhere. They certainly have not happened in my Department; in fact, quite the opposite...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: The Deputy made a lot of statements.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I do not know whether the Deputy has taken a straw poll of the residents or has met one or two. To make the statements he did is absurd and irresponsible. I take exception to them because nobody has met more of the residents about the issue of noise than I have. Every Deputy who has asked me to meet residents' groups has been received and I have listened to what they have to say. If...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: It is a little bit excitable of the Deputy to say that I have refused to engage with anybody on this. I am perfectly happy to engage with the Deputy on this.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I did not need the briefing; the Deputy did. I have been briefed on this on a regular basis virtually every day. This was a briefing-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: -----which was arranged for the Deputy and anybody else who wanted to go to it and was interested in the matter. As the Deputy said, this is one of the most important projects-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: -----which faces the country at the moment. Of course we would welcome the support of Fianna Fáil for the runway.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: Of course we would welcome anybody who is interested in this and we will inform them and keep them up-to-date because it is too important.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Shane Ross: I will answer the Deputy's question if he does not interrupt me. He is taking up a lot more time. I am willing to meet anybody-----