Don't let the truth get in the way. Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the Irish Government remains committed to the A5 road upgrade despite a major u-turn on funding the project. Speaking in the Dail, Mr Kenny said the A5 was one of a number of major infrastructure projects that the government could simply not fund at present. âThe Government remains committed to these projects, even if they will now require a longer timeline,â Mr Kenny told TDs yesterday. âWe are now proposing early discussions with the relevant authorities in Northern Ireland to explore a new implementation plan and timetable.â The Irish government had agreed to fund the road to the tune of £400million as part of the St Andrews Agreement in 2006. Mr Kenny said the A5 project would proceed when âthe country is back on a firm financial footing.â The 55mile dual carriageway, that will link Derry to Co Monaghan and onto Dublin is seen as a central tenet to the north westâs economic regeneration. The Irish government has already contributed more than £20million to the £800million road while the Stormont Executive in the north has spent close to £40million. The northâs deputy first minister Martin McGuinness says he was âbitterly disappointedâ that Dublin had reneged on their funding pledge. âSuccessive Irish Governments have expressed their commitment to the project and at the last meeting of the NSMC the Irish government committed a further £11million to the A5 and A8 projects. âThis is a key route for the future economic growth of the North-West and I intend to raise the matter with the Irish government at the earliest opportunity.â Derryâs MP Mark Durkan said the onus was now on the Stormont Executive to salvage the A5 project. He said the project should still be seen as priority despite the withdrawal of the Irish governmentâs funding. âIt is not true that just because Irish Exchequer money isnât available that no money could or should be spent on the A5. The A5 is a necessary project and it needs to be a priority for the Executive. âIt should not be the case that the road is a priority only when there is £400million available form the Irish Government. âWhat we have to do now is try to get a political commitment from the Irish government and to say âWell if you canât promise the route on this scale now, tell us when you can give us particular sums so that we can begin work on stretches of this roadâ, not least Derry to Strabane.â Sinn Fein MLA Raymond McCartney said the decision to postpone funding must not go unchallenged. âIt is ridiculous that Derry City is the only city of its size anywhere in Europe without a motorway within fifty miles of its perimeter. We will not accept this as a fait accompli by looking for populist projects to lobby for the Executives portion to be directed at. âAll public representatives in this region should now be speaking with one voice in demanding proper investment in our infrastructure instead of just passively accepting politically expedient decisions taken by Ministers far removed from the reality of the needs of the North West,â he said. http://www.derryjournal.com/news/business/dublin_still_committed_to_a5_road_scheme_1_3240644
Med Dog Med Dog Med Dog The Stormont government committed to the plan in 2006. Plenty money about then, but the intransigence of Stormont ****ed it all up. They reneged on the agreement in May of 2011. The article you posted states clearly that the Dublin government remains committed to the project.....so.....My facts are correct. So.....about that bet?
- Taoiseach Enda Kenny says the Irish Government remains committed to the A5 road upgrade despite a major u-turn on funding the project. - Speaking in the Dail, Mr Kenny said the A5 was one of a number of major infrastructure projects that the government could simply not fund at present. - The north’s deputy first minister Martin McGuinness says he was “bitterly disappointed” that Dublin had reneged on their funding pledge. http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/roads/a5omaghstrabane.html 17 Jul 2007 - NI Executive agrees to proceed with the plan 14 Nov 2007 - Consultants appointed to select preferred route 7 Nov 2008 - Preferred route corridor [not exact route] announced Feb 2009 - Route options displayed to the public 21 July 2009 - Preferred route announced Nov 2010 - Pre-orders Exhibition and draft statutory orders published 9 May to 1 July 2011 - Public Inquiries held 9 Nov 2011 - Irish government withdraws funding offer (officially on 10th) Late 2011 - Inspector due to submit Reports into Public Inquiries Early 2012 - Reports into Public Inquiries due to be published Construction on hold until at least 2016 (as of Nov 2011) (changed from "2012" as of Feb 2009) But yeah must have been the prods that stopped the plan.
Where did he say it was the Prods? He said it was the executive which is made up of politicians from both sides of the community but don't let that get in the way of your idiocy.
Bib Fortuna's Maw was talking about Unionist councillors and Rebel said "They knocked back funding for a road coz it went to Dublin" and then "The Irish government were funding a lot of it so the unionists said no." Now was he talking about Unionist Councillors or the executive? Total garbage.
And what is Danny Kennedy saying Paddy? So nobody mentioned Prods then Paddy Med Dog....till you did. About that bet?
I'm convinced that the people who invented the Gaelic and Welsh languages just got lashed up one night, threw a load of letters in the air and said"that'll do for this word - but make sure you stick an extra consonant in just in case". They must have made a mint when they got a load of little symbols together as well and sold the idea to the eastern Europeans....
Gaelic is a dead language. You can tell because it cannot incorporate new words. Have a listen to a Gaelic radio/TV broadcast and all you hear is... "ya ydst wyrg television yreyrbghrgge computer tyt eyye yurttri intelligence hghghg"
So even though you understand Gaelic you agree with him that it is basically gobblygook? What is it with Huns and their fetish of bootlicking the Anglos? People were speaking Gaelic a long time before your masters cobbled together English.
