An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2025-03-05
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Manus Boyle (FG), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I wish to raise Dunkineely national school, which is situated on the N56, a very busy road with cars and heavy goods vehicles going through the town. The school has had a few near misses due to vehicles going through the red lights as children attempt to cross. Thankfully, nobody has been hurt or injured so far. This issue has been ongoing for more than a year. We were told by Transport Infrastructure Ireland a year ago that it was doing a report. Where is the report? TII was to publish a report and show the people where the traffic calming measures would be placed in the town. I urge TII to publish the report and get funding as a matter of urgency. This main road needs to be secured for our children going to and coming from school. It is a matter of urgency. This issue has to be dealt with before something really serious happens. We were lucky in the past. Mothers and fathers who were at the crossing at the time got the children to a safe place. We need something done urgently, before something really bad happens.

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Sitting date: 2025-03-05