Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister to the House. My issue relates to housing estates built by the council, particularly Ardbhearna estate in Kenmare, which was built outside the town yet does not have adequate footpaths or lighting from the estate to the town. At this time of year at night or in the evening when secondary school children are returning from school there is no footpath or public lighting. If a council builds a housing estate where there will be young families, is there a legislative onus on it to put in place infrastructure such as public lighting and footpaths to ensure people can go to and from the town safely?