Rosslare Europort access and farming supports
Senator Byrne congratulated Rosslare Europort on an award and argued that access infrastructure to the port must be completed. He then linked the issue to local farmers and the new succession planning advice grant.
I am sure the Leader will join with me in congratulating Rosslare Europort on being named European ferry port of the year at the European Ferry Shipping Summit last week. She will know from the time we spent on the Brexit committee that one of the very few good things that came out of Brexit was the rapid expansion of Rosslare. This fantastic facility, led by Mr. Glenn Carr and the team, deserve our congratulations. This stresses once again, however, the point about the access infrastructure into the port, and the importance of completing the M11 motorway from Oilgate to Rosslare and upgrading the railway line from Dublin to Rosslare. It is to be hoped we will now have a debate on the all-island rail review and the issue of the rail corridor running from Dublin to Rosslare needs to be addressed but we also need to complete a number of our motorways throughout the country, including the one to Rosslare.
I also welcome the fact that the new succession planning advice grant for farming comes into effect this month. This is a grant of up to-----
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It is one item per two-minute slot. I will be uniform in my application of that. I will give all Members an opportunity on the day, but I will employ this rule as many Members want to get in on the Order of Business.
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I will maybe stretch it in saying many farmers live along the Rosslare Europort route-----
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-----who will stand to benefit from the new succession planning advice grant.