Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)

First, I would say it is to await the outcome of the An Coimisiún Pleanála decision, not to wait to see where it goes after that. Hopefully, it will not go anywhere other than to construction. We all know that the problem has been that the outer ring road, by its nature, is a big project but it is holding up other decisions to be made about the city. That is the biggest consideration we have at present and we need to move along with that.

I met with the Gluas group and was impressed with its professional approach to trying to put this project onto the ground in Galway. I will be working with the group on that. The NTA is saying it will not finish out the GMATS until An Coimisiún Pleanála makes its decision and then we will have the full picture. I am looking forward to that.

I have been engaging with my officials about Galway in general and about the specifics of this light rail. We will continue to work on it and see what we can achieve for it in the short term as well as the long term.