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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I will take the Senator shortly. I want to get the order right so that I do not get into trouble with anybody. I will call members of the committee, starting with Deputy Catherine Murphy. Obviously, two members have come in since. Sorry, Deputy Barry came in-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Sorry-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: They will not be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Just to be helpful to everybody-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Just to be helpful to everybody, including Deputy Murphy, I am conscious that there are people who are not members of the committee here and who were not here at the beginning. That is their privilege; I am not being critical. We agreed that we would deal with each item separately and therefore we would answer all the questions that people ask on each item. As Deputy Munster has to go...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that totally.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: The Senator has, of course. I am not trying to stop anybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am happy to be as helpful as I possibly can. I reiterate that I want to be fair to everybody. I would be very happy if the questions the Senator asked were answered now. I have no issue with that. The only reason we deviated from that was that another member wanted to go and I facilitated that. That is all. I ask Mr. Nolan to answer the questions from Senator O'Mahony and Feighan first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will Mr. Nolan circulate those to members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Will the TII send us the evidence that there is no diminution of safety when lighting is reduced? I have the opposite view. I drive an awful lot, as everybody here does, and I always welcome lighting on the motorway. I use the M1 almost every day, particularly very early in the morning as I did today. It is very hard in darkness to see vehicles. I know we are all going in one direction,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I ask the witnesses to reply to Deputy Munster's questions first because she will kill me if I do not get to her questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Deputy Catherine Murphy is next. I will make just one point. Mr. Maher talked about safety, lighting and so on, on motorways. I wish to bring to the witnesses' attention one matter. I travelled on the M1 last night back to Drogheda. Work is ongoing on the road near Balbriggan and is proceeding apace. There was a person placing or replacing bollards on the road. While he was wearing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: There was no reflection. Does Mr. Maher know the way reflective wear should reflect the light?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: One could see what he was wearing but it did not reflect the light back. It is just a safety issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Please do, if only for his own safety. I apologise to Deputy Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Senator Feighan wants a reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: I am sorry, Deputy Murphy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Is the Senator happy with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (24 Jan 2018)
Fergus O'Dowd: Mr. Nolan talked about my wonderful town of Drogheda earlier. Obviously, it is of great interest to me but he mentioned the potential for a bridge on the west side of the town to allow for frequent transport between one side of the town and the other without having to use the toll bridge. What is the status of that proposal?