Departmental Functions
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-02
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

I know. It was about TEN-T funding, but that is not the core funding. The core funding is in the national development plan in respect of roads and public transport. A sum of €165 billion is being provided over the next ten years for investment in infrastructure in the west. The Deputy referred to the development of renewable energy in particular. The western seaboard will receive considerable investment for renewable energy. The first phase is on the east coast and the west and south west will follow through. There is great potential in particular for offshore wind on the western seaboard. The potential is very exciting in terms of jobs and the economy in the future.
The ring road around Galway, for example, is a major piece of infrastructure that has been bogged down in planning due to objections right through the process. I understand it is currently subject to a judicial review.

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Sitting date: 2022-03-02