Regional Development
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-11
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Mairéad Farrell (SF), Galway West

When I look at infrastructure in the west I see it in two veins. There is obviously the serious capital investment needed for those bigger projects.
The Minister has outlined some of them. Any investment there is welcome but there are also thee basic things that need to be done immediately.
The Minister will remember the snow during Storm Bert, which had serious implications across Connemara. We then had Storm Darragh and when we had Storm Éowyn, Connemara did not have a chance. The impact of those storms on that basic infrastructure, which was already eroding, was devastating. We need to see some kind of plan from the Government - whichever Department sees fit but the Minister is obviously over infrastructure - to make sure we have those basics in order that this does not happen again. We still have wires on the ground as a result of Storm Darragh, not Storm Éowyn. That work needs to be done and a boost or push from the Government would really help in that regard.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-11