Results 1-16 of 16 for sligo speaker:Micheál Carrigy

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (26 Sep 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...getting assessments. People have had to give up work and are struggling. The committee spoke with Dr. Áine Roddy and Professor Ciarán O'Neill from Atlantic Technological University, ATU, in Sligo, who have done numerous reports working out the costs for a lot of families with regard to having a child with ASD. Their evidence to the committee indicated that of the parents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Toll Increases and Ongoing Projects: Discussion with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...from all the north-western counties. We had representatives from the chambers of commerce in the north-west counties, encompassing counties Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Mayo, Leitrim, Sligo and Donegal. It affects the entire north west but the project has come to a standstill. As a region, we are entitled to balanced regional development, just as everywhere else in the country is....

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media: Statements (11 May 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...has been highlighted in recent days, but we have to take into consideration all counties involved, and when we are identifying the free-to-air we have to identify the provincial finals as a priority. If the Galway-versus-Sligo Connacht final was taken off free-to-air in lieu of a round-robin Munster hurling championship last week, that is not fair on the two counties of Galway and Sligo,...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (1 Mar 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, is very welcome as was the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, who was here earlier. Back in 2018, I was down in Sligo when Project 2040, the national development plan, was launched. After a significant amount of pressure by local representatives in the midlands and up into the north west, the N4 project was put back onto the national development plan. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: ...promote inclusivity in education and in other parts of our society. We are also joined by Dr. Áine Roddy, assistant lecturer in health informatics and e-health at Atlantic Technological University, Sligo. Dr. Roddy looks at the economic aspects of childhood autism and the financial implications for families where public services are not available to them. The committee has heard a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Micheál Carrigy: The Deputy takes liberties. There are a couple of comments on the opening statement from Dr. Roddy. I am a former student of the old Sligo RTC which I attended many years ago. The conclusion that society can only benefit both socially and economically by valuing autistic individuals and their families and allowing them the opportunity to reach their true potential and participate in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...expensive tolls. I do not think I am getting value for money, especially because I am going to Longford. It is the same for anyone who is travelling to the north west, including Mayo, north Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath or south Donegal. We do not have a dual carriageway or motorway access the entire way west, yet that is not the case to almost anywhere else as you leave...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...who have had their lands and houses locked since 2006. It is important infrastructure for the midlands and north west, not just my local area of Longford. It affects Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal. As a Government, we have prioritised balanced regional development, but we are not getting balanced regional development because we do not have proper access to our capital,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...struck by the fact that the only region not being serviced by a proper motorway or dual carriageway is the north west. I am referring to counties Westmeath, Longford, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo, Donegal and Sligo. This entire region is not being serviced. While a significant amount, in the hundreds of millions of euro, is being spent on the works on the N5 from Castlebar running towards...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...and the recent announcement by TII that a number of projects have been pushed off funding for 2022, namely, the N4 from Mullingar to Roosky. This affects Longford, Westmeath, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo and south Donegal. Looking at a map of Ireland, and we can picture one in our heads, the north west is the one region that is not properly serviced with access to our capital city. That...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...have said on a number of occasions, when one looks at a map of Ireland one will see that the region which does not have a service to the capital city is the north west, which is served by the N4 to Sligo and the N5, which veers off near Longford. This project must be prioritised ahead of any other roads project and I mean the likes of connecting Limerick to Cork, with which a large number...

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...to look at a map of Ireland and our road infrastructure. We are seeking balanced regional investment across the regions. Members will be struck by the missing link on the map, namely, the road to Sligo and the entire north west. Significant funding of hundreds of millions of euro has been provided for works on the N5 from Castlebar to Longford and on the N4 between Sligo and Roosky and...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...it would be remiss of me not to highlight the issue of the N4. Looking at a map of Ireland, it is the one missing link as regards connectivity to Dublin and other national routes. I refer to the Sligo route, which has dual carriageway status to Mullingar. Work has been done on the N5 from Castlebar towards Longford and from Sligo back but there is a missing link in between, the section...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2021)

Micheál Carrigy: ...about the national development plan and the welcome investment that will happen in the coming years. I want to highlight a couple of issues in the plan, in particular the upgrades to the Dublin to Sligo railway line. The upgrades are happening on the Dublin to Mullingar leg of the journey. Longford is the first point from where the early-bird trains travel to Dublin, bringing workers...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Carrigy: .... I would like to get a commitment to the effect that the M4 will continue. It is the last link in connectivity around the country. When looking at a map of Ireland, we see the need for a link from Mullingar towards Sligo to give access to our major cities. We spoke about rural Ireland and the lack of rural transport. Maybe an Uber-type system of transport could be used, especially in...