Results 1-15 of 15 for rural transport segment:7031101

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Brendan Ryan: I am sharing time with Deputy Seamus Healy. I do not support the Fianna Fáil Party for the simple reason that the Green Party believes we must substantially increase funding for public transport and investment in cycling and walking, which would not be possible in the context of an increase in the roads budget of €4.25 billion for the next four years. Investment in public...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Brian Stanley: A basic for rural Ireland should be a proper transport infrastructure but instead people travel daily on substandard and often dangerous roads. We need an effective public transport network. Without public transport, people must travel on roads that, owing, in part, to the collapse in the economy but also years of cutbacks to grant payments, have not been maintained in a proper state of...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Kevin O'Keeffe: ...his reports and deliberations on the causes of road accidents appear to play down vehicle roadworthiness as a factor. I commend my local authority on the surface work repairs it undertakes on rural roads. Too often, however, local authorities work with scarce resources. Extra spend and manpower is required. Loss of life is occurring on rural roads due to bad surfaces among other...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Brendan Ryan: ...progress has been made on our motorway network. In many ways, we can be proud of this today. Unfortunately, however, the focus on our large motorway system has been to the detriment of our local and rural road networks. Local and rural roads are the roads used by local people undertaking ordinary, everyday tasks, such as going to work, going to the shops, attending church, dropping the...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The state and neglect of our local and regional road network is disgraceful. The impact that the disrepair of our roads has on small towns and rural business, education and social lives is horrendous. We need more investment in the building, improvement, maintenance and repair of our road system. This is essential if we are to improve the standards and conditions of living in rural...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Louise O'Reilly: ...to the electorate for it when the time comes. The Minister spoke earlier about the need to discuss roads outside Dublin. When it comes to the road network, however, he should also consider those rural roads in Dublin, including those in north County Dublin, where Deputy Brendan Ryan and I represent constituents. There are serious issues with regard to connectivity and safety in such...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this motion on behalf of the Rural Independent Group. I compliment Fianna Fáil on putting down this motion. Our motion was submitted for next week on this topic but now we find that it has been disallowed because of repetition. This is so important that every Deputy from rural Ireland has to talk about it. The Minister of State, who lives in the south east,...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

James Lawless: ...that is being caused on College Green every day. Chaos has ensued due to the lack of planning provision and joined-up thinking. We now hear talk of banning buses, the workhorses of the public transport fleet, from the central plaza. Bicycles will be next to go and then pedestrians and soon we will have nothing left except a shiny Luas going up and down. Is that the best the Minister...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...on roads in each county from 2013 to 2016 was, on average, 48% less than what was needed to keep roads in good condition. That is according to the steady-state estimates from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. In its strategic framework for investment in land transport, the Department estimates that an annual investment of €580 million is required to maintain the...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Mary Butler: ...all the storms, floods and other extreme weather events in recent years, much good work has been undone and moneys allocated for road improvements end up being spent on repairs. I was shocked when Transport Infrastructure Ireland took the extraordinary step of writing to all local authorities in December last to warn them that the ordinary maintenance allocation for roads would plummet by...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

John Halligan: I will start again. First, I take the opportunity to acknowledge and welcome the points made by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, and the other contributors to this debate. Our road network plays an integral part in society and in our economic recovery in terms of, for example, supporting the lives of those socialising and working in rural communities, job...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Robert Troy: ...local primary roads were structurally distressed in 12 local authorities; — that well-maintained and good quality local and regional roads facilitate strong links between and among communities; — that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has, on average over the past five years, provided local councils with less than half the amount of funding that is deemed...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Robert Troy: ...is happy to cosy up to Sinn Fein because he knows that we on this side of the House are relentless in our opposition. We hold him to account for his inadequacies and his failings in his role as the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the past two years. Like his colleagues in government, the Minister has visited many constituencies. However, they have all failed to follow...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Michael Collins: ...Governments. If west Cork roads are to be brought up to any standard, it is estimated that the cost could be up to €500 million. Funding was made available some weeks ago by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, but it was only 10% of what is required. Deputies and councillors are besieged by requests from the taxpaying public. I pity local area engineers...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Catherine Connolly: ...Times. I would not say that it was to my amusement - chuir sé ionadh orm - but I read that the economy is again growing at one of the fastest rates in Europe. I was out in Connemara where practically every road is in trouble. People told stories of the difficulties they are experiencing in living, working and keeping a car on the road. I will not use all my time because the points...