Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 December 2016
498. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress as provided under the programme for Government on TEN-T transport funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40800/16]
View answerA submission is being prepared to send to the European Commission for a revision of the TEN-T Core Network in accordance with the commitment in the Programme for Government.
The result of the UK Referendum on exiting the EU has changed the landscape somewhat. From a Trans-European Transport perspective, the UK exit will increase further the peripherality of the western seaboard from the main transport networks of the EU. After the UK exit, Ireland will no longer be linked by land to any part of the EU and our ability to increase connectivity through EU funded projects on the Island of Ireland will be diminished as a result.
My Department has been considering the implications for transport arising from the UK exit, including the implications for the west and north west of Ireland. These implications are being reflected in the submission to the made to the European Commission. I expect to receive the submission in the coming days.
