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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: In this way we could create a cluster.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I apologise to interrupt the Minister but he may contribute again and there are a number of speakers, including Deputy Ó Cuív whose question No. 72 is included in this group.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: We all welcome that the rail review has been done. We know the large deficits there are. We know that at one stage we had a large level of rail infrastructure which was then lifted. There are great expanses in the State where we do not have rail. Earlier, we spoke about Donegal. If we look at the entire west all the way up to Donegal, we see the absolute lack of connectivity. It is...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I thank the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: We need to make sure the planning is put in place. The Minister mentioned quick wins.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Deputy. We will try to get everybody in.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: The low-cost quick wins need to happen as soon as possible and we need to have a planned timeline and details.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. We want to try to get everybody in and, hopefully, the Minister will reply to everybody.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Éamon Ó Cuív: I am glad the Minister made reference to quick wins. In my view they could have been done in the past four years without any rail strategy. They include passing loops. Throughout the system we are getting caught with bottlenecks because trains cannot pass each other and we cannot increase the frequency. It does not take any great eye strain to work out these things must be dealt with and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: Thank you, Deputy.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Marian Harkin: Twice in his response the Minister mentioned balanced regional development. Then he went on to tell us about projects in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick as well as Dublin. There was no mention of Sligo. My question is about the Sligo to Dublin rail line. There are two issues that are crucial. We need a train to arrive in Sligo, at least from Longford or Carrick-on-Shannon, for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Cian O'Callaghan: With regard to the review of rail services I want to ask about access to railway stations. At Clongriffin station there is an urgent need to provide safe, universal and permanent access for commuters from Baldoyle. The temporary access, which the Minister visited earlier this year, was opened in 2010 and has yet to be replaced with permanent access. For 14 years, the local community has...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Brian Leddin: I welcome the Minister's comments on the Athenry to Claremorris project and the Limerick to Shannon project, for which I have been advocating for some years. I am delighted it is on the agenda. I strongly believe these should be among the highest priorities of the Government to deliver. They are not complex or difficult projects and they are not expensive projects. They should be pursued...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I will try to answer all of the questions. I will begin with Deputy Ó Murchú's questions. The next Government and the one after it will have to recognise that we do not have the funding for everything. We are going to have to make some hard choices. To my mind, the choice should continue to be the prioritisation of public transport. The real benefit is that it will bring us...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Matt Shanahan: I asked if that memo will be brought to Cabinet and the Minister of State is saying "No" it will not.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
James Lawless: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I cannot take a heckler.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I have given the Minister of State extra time. We have to listen to each other. We are moving on to the next question, go dtí an tríú ceist ar sonraíodh uain di in ainm an Teachta Ruairí Ó Murchú.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)
Aviation Industry
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)
John Brady: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the planned passenger cap at Dublin Airport will impact on regional flights within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42051/24]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: I ask the Minister of State about the planned passenger cap of 32 million passengers at Dublin Airport and its impact upon regional flights within Ireland and if he can make a statement on the matter. The matter was brought up by Deputy Pearse Doherty with regard to Donegal Cancer Flights and Services and the fact that there are 430 cancer patients, and this is the means by which they get to...