Michael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the discussion paper produced by my colleague, Senator Mark MacSharry, on the issue of suicide. Every community has been affected by this very serious difficulty in recent years. I hope the discussion paper will provide some help for those affected and that it will solve the problem.

I call for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, to come into the House to discuss the works being carried out to upgrade N4.

Yesterday at a meeting of Sligo County Council, we learned the N4 upgrade between Collooney and Castlebaldwin in County Sligo has been postponed. Two weeks ago after another road death on this part of the N4, I called for funding to be put in place to improve it. It is the worst stretch of road between Dublin and Sligo. While the upgrade is suspended for the short term, every effort should be made to have this upgrade back on the plans to ensure this final stretch of the N4 is brought up to scratch.