Seanad debates

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

3:30 pm

Photo of Feargal QuinnFeargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

There have been calls to ensure we maintain rural post offices. While we have not planned a debate on them, it will be a matter on the Adjournment later today. We should have a debate on how to keep our town’s main streets alive. It is not just An Post services that are threatened but other service providers. Some towns are doing very well but others are not. It just means exercising our minds.

In Britain, it has become law that one can park on double yellow lines for 15 minutes in towns in a bid to put life back into them. It was noted that when one wants to drop into a local shop for a newspaper or a small item, one could not park outside it because of a double yellow line. This is one of many ideas with which we might be able to come up. It would be worthwhile having such a debate on this area as retail in towns across Ireland is threatened. The Seanad could do something about it here without any cost to the State.

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