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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. He will have a chance to contribute again.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We will work closely with the council to ensure that we solve the problems.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

David Stanton: I acknowledge that the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, visited Midleton. Many of the rural roads in question remain virtually impassable. I have driven on them myself and they are in an awful condition. They will require additional funding. Has the €13 million been handed over to Cork County Council? Does the Minister not agree that there is a significant gap...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: A key corridor west of the city serves the Lee Valley towards Macroom, serving communities such as Ovens, Aherla, Cloughduv, Crookstown, Kilmurray, Coachford and Macroom, where the route 233 service is based. That same bus serves the Inchigeelagh and Ballingeary area as well. When we look at the timetable, it looks very extensive but because it is spread so thin, this means that people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We have already significantly enhanced some of the services to Macroom. West of there, route 257, which was part of the first phase of Connecting Ireland and goes all the way to Millstreet, was introduced in December 2022 and the patronage in the following year increased by 112%. I agree with the Deputy about the demand that is there. With regard to the section east of Macroom and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: The Minister referred to the Millstreet service. Many of the routes in Cork come towards the city. There is clearly a need for a radial service which would give people an opportunity, for example, to go to Millstreet, Macroom and Bandon, and on towards Kinsale if they wish, instead of having to go to the city. As the Minister said, part of that route was upgraded but it stopped short in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Before the Minister replies, I will allow Deputy Gould to come in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: There are huge issues with all of the bus services in Cork. Last week, Sinn Féin in Cork brought out a policy outlining that a minimum of 30 extra drivers need to be hired by Bus Éireann to fill the gaps that are now showing. Due to traffic congestion, we are seeing more people using the buses, which is what we all want, but the problem is that buses are being delayed and are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with both Deputies on the points made. I argue that there are two key constraints to what we all want, which is a major expansion of public transport services in Cork county and city, as well as in the rest of the country. The first is a budget constraint. Even with the significant resources provided, the truth is that we are going to have to make difficult decisions because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Thank you, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The second issue is resources, as Deputy Gould said. There is a real problem in Cork, not just with drivers but also mechanics. We have a real challenge and it is a question of how we address that. Obviously, we will try to get the people but the other way to address it is by providing the bus priority.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: We are way over time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Bus Connects in Cork would get the priority out to Ballincollig, which could get the service improvements to Macroom, as well as addressing the problems in the city. It is our job to give prioritisation to public transport on the road to help to solve that problem. I am sorry if I am over the time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is not your fault. There was a supplementary question on top of the question. I am going to limit the questions so the Members who are in attendance will have their questions answered.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Active Travel

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware of an uneven allocation in funding for active travel in 2024 in Cork city. [13240/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: Will the Minister update the House as to whether he is aware of the uneven allocation of funding for active travel in 2024 in Cork city? For the fourth year on the trot, active travel funding is skewed between the northside and the southside and, once again, the northside of Cork city loses out.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I had thought the question referred to an uneven allocation from year to year and I did not realise it was specifically about the northside versus the southside of Cork. I will come to the details of that in my supplementary reply and I will first give the original written response. I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to active travel, which is administered...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Active Travel (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Gould: This is the fourth year that I have raised with the Minister the uneven allocation of funding between the northside and southside. People may think it is still funding being spent in Cork but if people come from the constituency that I represent, they can see the disparity in the funding. This is a serious issue that goes to the heart of the neglect of the northside by this Government....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (21 Mar 2024)

Road Projects

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