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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: They are not mutually exclusive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise to Senator Craughwell. I got my wires crossed with regard to sequencing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am sure Michael O'Leary will welcome that comparison.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: There was a specific question on the Leap card.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is good to see the Minister setting a deadline anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Will the Minister deal with the interconnector issue now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister must conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does Senator Buttimer wish to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: We got a briefing from the Department of Transport about the amendments that were coming through on e-scooters and e-bikes. It did not appear to include anything to do with scramblers, so maybe the Minister will provide a bit of clarity around that area. Does that make sense?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: When there is an opportunity to do so, maybe the Department will update this committee. It dealt with the e-bikes and e-scooters but not scramblers, and it was a question that Deputy O'Rourke had brought up in the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Is that why they are not coming through in stand-alone legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: That gives Deputy McAuliffe a very positive outcome. Does he wish to comment further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I wish to refer to a small bit of housekeeping. The Minister mentioned that he is doing a national review of the rail network, which is very welcome. We wrote to his office looking for an update on that. Could he give us a follow-up briefing on that? I was struck by his reference to making optimum use of existing assets. Could he elaborate on that, in particular in terms of rail? He...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I do not disagree with the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Using the existing rail network and the development of Colbert Station are important but I am interested in hearing about balanced regional development of the western seaboard on a macro scale. For me, it is equally as important to link the cities. We have Galway and Limerick linked by a motorway. At this stage, Limerick and Cork are the only two major cities in Ireland not linked by a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is a view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is now Pery's Hotel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: I do not disagree with the Minister. The point I am making is that it is a wider question. I wholeheartedly agree that Georgian Limerick is hugely important. I spent my childhood going in and out of the Glentworth Hotel. If we are serious about it, I cannot see how we can have proper, strategic balanced regional development unless we link Cork and Limerick. I agree that we must provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Kieran O'Donnell: Which is in the NDP.