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‹ Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

Rosslare Europort truck facilities

Summary

Deputy Murphy raised congestion and poor facilities at Rosslare Europort, saying the Department had long been aware of the problem. The Minister asked for the details again and said the port has an important future, including for offshore energy.

We have spent €11 million in Rosslare Europort on a state-of-the-art facility to house our regulatory agencies. It is a facility that caters for approximately 20% of the throughput of traffic in Rosslare Europort. We have spent €11 million of the taxpayers' money but it is not being used with efficiency. Trucks are parked outside residents' homes and blocking them in, which means carers are unable to attend to their clients. The drivers are urinating and defecating on the grass because nobody has thought to cater for them as they wait for ships to come in. I have been asking questions of the agencies for the past six months. I held a meeting and brought all the stakeholders together to no avail. Six months later, nobody has instructed the Office of Public Works, OPW, to install tarmac to allow these trucks to park safely, despite €11 million of taxpayers' money having been spent. I call on the Minister to do that.

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Will the Deputy send me the relevant details? It is hard to answer without them. I am very familiar with the developments at Rosslare Europort. The port has risen to the demands that have arisen because of Brexit. There will be more demands of it relating to the development of offshore energy generation. There is a big future for Rosslare Europort. I have every confidence in the ability of Iarnród Éireann and the management of the port to deliver. If there are specific issues around the OPW facilities, I ask the Deputy to send the details to the Department and I will follow up on them.

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The Department has had those details for the past six months.

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