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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (16 Jan 2018)

Tony McLoughlin: ...County Sligo and its urban environs; if his attention has been further drawn to the time limited agreement in place between the IDA and Sligo County Council whereby the IDA has agreed to provide €5 million towards the €15 million estimated costs, subject to his Department approving the project in 2018; his views on this road project; if it will be funded in 2018; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a €5 million top up to the sheep welfare scheme will be applied from 2018 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42275/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Customs and Excise Controls (8 Nov 2016)

Tony McLoughlin: ...drug surveillance operations at our ports and airports. The Minister of State, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, will be aware that we got very lucky last month when a consignment of cocaine worth some €5 million washed ashore on a beach in County Clare. This consignment had become detached from a boat at sea and eventually washed ashore in Ireland. We do not know where the drugs were...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Tony McLoughlin: ..., to ensure that the general public is better able to understand the workings of this Chamber in the future. I say this with regard to the controversy that unfolded around this mental health debate on 5 May, and to the fallout on social media over the supposed poor attendance and lack of interest in the topic. At this stage, I would also like to congratulate our new Ministers of State,...

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)

Tony McLoughlin: ...will be automatically disqualified when they amass six penalty points, as compared to 12 for drivers with full licences. I welcome this proposal as statistics will tell us that drivers aged 21 to 25 years remain the age group with the highest number of driver road deaths. It is evident every weekend when we hear of news reports of up to four young people in a small car involved in single...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

Tony McLoughlin: ...will take the opportunity to speak on a number of them. It is worth noting some interesting facts pertaining to road transport. In 2010 Irish registered goods vehicles transported a total of 126 million tonnes of goods by road. A total of 1,457 million vehicle kilometres were travelled in the same year. The average number of goods vehicles surveyed was 84,025. The fleet size has...