Harbours and Piers
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-17
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Mairéad Farrell (SF), Galway West

I understand there will be competing priorities but capital investment projects will be extremely important in the period ahead. If there is a situation of competing priorities, I will detail exactly how important this piece of infrastructure is for the people of Inis Oírr and I will detail some of the issues that have arisen over the past months. The hazards relating to the pier are endless and include extremely damaged hand rails, uneven surfaces, broken lights, and trip hazards in the form of broken wires and pipes. During a recent bad storm and in the midst of our lockdown, a skip was blown over the pier. That details exactly how difficult it is. At the start of March there was an incident when the ferry came in and could not allow passengers to disembark at the pier due to the dangers of the sea coming over the wall and with no lights at the pier. I invite the Minister to come out to visit the pier so she can make up her mind as to whether she feels it is safe and if she would be happy to rely on it if she lived on Inis Oírr.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-17