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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Mary Butler: Maybe that is after the poll.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate the leadership ambitions of Deputy Ó Broin. They are clear, but in a more serious vein-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: My only ambition is to build affordable homes, something the Government promised and has refused to do.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----we are talking about pricing and affordability. Sinn Féin policies would undermine the capacity of first-time buyers to buy homes at an affordable price-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: There are no affordable homes.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----because they would get rid of all the underpinning supports we have put in place. With the LDA through Project Tosaigh and others, we are moving very fast to get affordable houses on the market.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)
Pearse Doherty: What planet is the Tánaiste living on? He stood there and said the rate of increase of house prices is coming down. He should open his eyes. It is accelerating. It is increasing month-on-month. We have had ten months of house price increases. In the Tánaiste's constituency, house prices are €100,000 higher than when he took office just four years ago. The...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Brendan Smith: I welcome the final sentence of the Minister's response, where he says that he will examine ways to give more support to local authorities. That needs to be done now. I have been highlighting this issue since 2020. The incessant rainfall has done damage even to relatively good roads. Cavan and Monaghan depend heavily on the non-national road network. In County Cavan, 96% of the road...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I support Deputy Smith. He has been a consistent advocate for investment in local roads. Not a week goes by that he does not raise the matter. I lend my support to his requests. As the Minister will know, Cork has the largest road network in the country. The underinvestment in our roads down there is apparent for all to see. The county council is still waiting on funding to deal with...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I absolutely agree with Deputies Smith and O'Sullivan. Investment in maintaining our roads is our first priority and the best investment because, as the Deputy has said, if you let them go, it costs much more to restore them. There are also great safety and other benefits to properly surfaced and dressed roads. Funding for road maintenance has increased by 20% over the last four years, the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Brendan Smith: Unfortunately, the cost of construction products and energy costs have gone up dramatically.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Eamon Ryan: That is true but there was an increase in the budget. Last year, Cavan got a budget of €18.14 million, an increase of €629,000 on the previous year. Monaghan got some €17 million, an increase of €834,000 on the previous year. I have met the officials and engineers in the county councils in Monaghan and Cavan and they do a very good job. They are highly...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Brendan Smith: We are drumlin territory.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I understand that. The area also has a very dispersed and wide network of roads but so do other counties. Cork is a good example. To answer Deputy O'Sullivan's question, we are working with Cork County Council to provide the funding it needs for the roads that were affected by the flooding in Glanmire and Midleton. The resources are somewhat constrained by how quickly the council can...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Brendan Smith: I again appeal to the Minister to give particular consideration to the request of councils like those of Cavan and Monaghan. As he will know from the officials and from our councillors, the councils do a very good job but we have very serious problems at the minute. The incessant rainfall of the past few years, the increased cost of energy and the resultant increase in the cost of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I assure the Deputy that we will do everything we can. In honesty, the budget available to us is limited but we will try to reallocate any funding we can garner from other areas. The Deputy is right about the increase in costs. The increase in the cost of bitumen and other materials was very significant. It gives us a certain hope that those inflationary impacts are starting to reduce....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)
Questions Nos. 70 to 72, inclusive, taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024)
Rail Network
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received a detailed update from Iarnród Éireann on the condition of the railway line from Collooney to Athenry, covering issues such as the integrity of the permanent way in terms of embankments, bridges, culverts and growth along the line, lack of encroachment and so on; whether there is any significant...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (16 May 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: Did Iarnród Éireann do a survey on the line from Collooney to Athenry? Did it find any difference in the condition of the line north of Claremorris compared with the line south of Claremorris?