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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I fully support the commitment in the programme for Government to maintain the existing road network to a high standard and to fund safety improvements. That being said, in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of its regional and local road network. Works on regional and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: I keep hearing that the Government will do everything in its power to advance these projects as fast as it can. That is what we hear all the time in the region. The Minister tells me about the big pot of money out there that is going to be spent. That is not my question. My question is, where is it being spent? Where is it being delivered? I agree with the Minister on the rural...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will give the Deputy one example, because she talks about big projects. From memory, the Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge road, not by act of nature, is a single carriageway of approximately 35 km. It is costing the guts of half a billion euro and pretty much a doubling of the previous contract, which, unfortunately, was not able to be concluded because the contractor went out of business. If...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Park-and-Ride Facilities

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 20 March 2024, the status of the roll-out of park and ride in Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21901/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá mé ag díriú isteach ar chúrsaí páirceála agus taistil i nGaillimh. Tá mé ag iarraidh a fháil amach stádas na bpleananna chun córas páirceála agus taistil a chur i bhfeidhm. I stand here 20 years after the city development plan, which became law on 1 February for that plan, put in two objectives, east and west of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The NTA is leading the development and roll-out of strategic park and ride nationwide through its park and ride development office. The NTA established the park and ride development office in February 2020 and it has been included in the climate action plan since 2019. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I know the Minister shares my frustration. The reason I mentioned the 20 years is because the people of Galway had foresight at that point 20 years ago and said that this was one integral part of the solution to Galway City's traffic. The other part, of course, is light rail - my question later on will not be reached. In the meantime, the traffic congestion has built up and the feeling of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will go into some of the detail that I have been informed of by the NTA on those three sites. First, in regard to the N6 at junction 19, a 550-space site, the site selection process has led to two emerging site options at this junction. It looks now likely that a compulsory purchase order may be required irrespective of which site is selected. Following a finalisation of the site...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Cathal Berry: I thank the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am sorry about this. I will finish, if I can. On site 3, the one the Deputy specifically asks about, the discussions are ongoing with Galway City Council in relation to a potential site along the Cappagh Road on the western side of the city. It is understood that lands in public ownership may be available in the vicinity of this location. Discussions are advancing to investigate the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for the clarification on the Cappagh site. It is a priority because originally there was no plan coming from that side. I am glad to hear that. Although it is small, and much smaller than the other ones, it is also publicly owned. I despair at the lack of action in relation to this. I keep telling the Minister that it is 20 years since we put the objectives in....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: First, I agree with the Deputy. I have a concern that the waiting for a Galway outer bypass may have seen the authorities not put push the delivery of the public transport and active travel solutions which, I believe, will be critical to turning around Galway's transport difficulties and providing a system that works. The site the Deputy mentions in the west is, to my mind, a particular...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will try to give Deputies Martin Kenny and Ó Cuív the same clarity I gave to Deputy Harkin earlier. The rail review does not propose the reintroduction of the line to Collooney. I believe in those contexts it is better to keep the line as a greenway. This is a 30-year investment timeline. To answer Deputy Ó Cuív's question about the inflation aspect, we must think...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024)

Question No. 62 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Regional Development

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following the recent European Commission's Regional Competitiveness Index report, where the northern and western region of Ireland was ranked 218th out of 234 regions, if he will commit to improving the northern and western region’s transport infrastructure ranking; if so, how he intends on improving the region's ranking in this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: In light of the recent European Commission's regional competitiveness index report, where the northern and western region was ranked 218th out of 234 regions, will the Minister commit to improving the transport infrastructure ranking of the northern and western region? If so, how does he intend to do it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I assure the Deputy that the Government is committed to improving transport infrastructure throughout the country, but most especially in the northern and western region. That commitment is evidenced by actual delivery of projects on the ground. The index referred to by the Deputy measures a much wider range of indicators than just infrastructure and, on the basis of the complete index,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development (16 May 2024)

Marian Harkin: The Minister says the Government is committed to improving transport infrastructure in the north west. One of the projects he mentions is the N4. That was promised when I was chairperson of the Council for the West back in 1996. If we go back to the NDP in 2000, we see all of these projects promised in it. If we go back to the NDP for 2007 to 2013, all of these projects were also...