Joanne Collins (Sinn Fein)

Today, Limerick Chamber sent an email to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, requesting allocated funding of €2.2 million for the next phase of works that need to take place on the Mackey roundabout in Limerick. The Mackey roundabout is the main roundabout off the M7 but it links up to the Dublin Road, the University of Limerick and the national technology park. Every day, this has backlogs onto the M7, which cause serious safety concerns and congestion. The businesses in the area have been asking for these works to be carried out since a report was done in 2022 or 2023. It was the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan transport strategy. This is a serious concern for the area and we need this funding to be set aside and ring-fenced. I put my full support behind Limerick Chamber and its request for this. It requests that the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, take this seriously for safety concerns as well as congestion, economics and the businesses in the area. It is definitely something that needs to be looked at.