Results 12,681-12,700 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: It will be a good investment because we will not have to go back to it again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Yes, there will definitely be an opportunity for stakeholders to have input to the policy. I might focus on the Deputy's first set of questions. If we are going to differ on this, we might as well be honest, upfront and clear on why there are differences. It is not anything ideological but I have clear views. The potential for Limerick is huge, but I think that potential will be best...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am shocked. I have said the same thing three or four times now in this committee and it is not particularly new. Yes, I have a role as the Minister responsible and included in that is my role around funding. Limerick needs more investment in public transport, and that is my clear view. We need to invest in the Ballybrophy line, which is being retracked at present and we are going to put...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I do not intend to goad but I am passionate about this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: That is fair enough and I agree, but the Chairman can allow me to be passionate too. We built a station at Pelletstown recently which would be similar to the type of station to be put into Moyross, and it cost about €12 million. Could we build that in three years? Could we get it through planning and get it constructed? If we went about this climate crisis in the same way we went...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: We could connect UL to LIT to Mary Immaculate College. Would that or would that not transform the city centre, as well as connecting those three colleges and benefiting the community?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: That is not the rail lines. That is on the road and on the riverfront. I think it could be done in three years. That is why I am talking about acceleration. We need to look at that level of acceleration.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I will. The committee knows my views. I prefer to be honest and upfront.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am glad the Deputy is looking at the big picture and thinking long term. Hopefully that thinking goes into his submission to the strategic rail review, which is ongoing. The specific opening requirement was to look at high-speed rail, originally on the Dublin-Belfast-Cork line but subsequently extended to other cities. We are not ignoring it. The interim funding done in the last year...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: The reason-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I have no objection to the idea of a really good high-speed connection but what needs to come first is investment in the regional cities. The fear I have if we did it the other way-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: If I could finish, with the protection of the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I fear if all rail and all roads lead to Dublin, Dublin will continue to boom.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: No, but that is my fear. If everything is about getting to Dublin quickly-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: It will not stop in Tipperary; it will be straight to Dublin and out to the airport. We need to build the metropolitan rail network in Limerick-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: We could. The point I am making is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: No, the point I am making is------
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)
Eamon Ryan: -----when it comes to the electrification and investment of rail infrastructure, the first priority is metropolitan rail in Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway. Others are Oranmore station, the twin-tracking of Limerick, building out the metropolitan rail network, building Moyross station and moving the train station in Waterford. These are all achievable, deliverable, immediate...