Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2026-03-04
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Anne Rabbitte (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I thank the Minister for being in the House this evening. I, too, support the motion and welcome the publication of the accelerating infrastructure report and action plan. Coming from rural east Galway, which the Minister knows having visited Portumna many times, I stand in solidarity with my colleague Senator Murphy when it comes to the wastewater treatment plant. The largest town in our county, which is outside the constituency of Galway East, is Ballinasloe and after that it is Tuam and beyond that everything is sub-4,000 people. Rural wastewater treatment plants is critical infrastructure that needs to be developed across all our communities. The sign-off on that is really important. Senator Kennelly spoke about the GAA, Marty Morrissey’s report and all that. That is exactly where we will be going. As a good sporting Minister who supports a lot of our GAA and football, he knows the worst thing that could happen in Portumna is we would have to amalgamate with the likes of Killimor. I mean that in the best sense but if we did, the game would be over completely.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-04