Mattie McGrath Urges Funding for Tipperary Town Bypass
Mattie McGrath urged funding for a Tipperary Town bypass and pressed the minister to allocate money to prepare the project and cover its costs. He said the bypass should ideally follow the new M24 route and called for the necessary budget to be provided.
Call for funding for Tipperary Town Bypass
Mattie McGrath raised the need for a bypass of Tipperary Town, noting local groups including Jobs for TIP and the Chamber of Commerce are actively seeking the scheme. He stressed the urgency of securing money to complete costings and deliver the project, and suggested the preferred alignment would be on the route of the new M24.
Minister's budgetary response
The minister replied that transport has a large capital envelope, citing a transport budget of £35 billion out to 2030. He emphasised that the National Development Plan (NDP) is a high-level budgetary framework and not an exhaustive list of every project over the next decade.
Funding priorities and allocations
The minister outlined broad spending priorities within the envelope - maintenance of the existing network, roughly £3.6 billion for active travel measures, and new investment in public transport and road infrastructure. He indicated that specific project funding will follow once plans are developed and prioritised.
Project readiness and local advocacy
Both McGrath and other local representatives, including Deputy Cahill and local stakeholders, have pressed for the bypass. The minister said the crucial next step is to get the project ready to the point where it can absorb capital, after which funding can be provided.
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Minister, we have raised the Tipperary Town Bypass Deputies, and some of us have got very good responses from Minister Rhine, indeed Minister Rhine visited and met the Jobs for TIP and the Minister for TIP and the Chamber of Commerce, who are actively seeking to get a bypass of the town. Minister Rhine is telling us that mood music is good, and the Count Cawola commented on it, but we need the money, the arrogant, we have to have the money, so you are in the position to give an indication, it is not clearly stated in the whole public expenditure outlay that you have, the plan, so we need this upgrade and the money allocated to get the costing, do the bypass of the town, hopefully on the route of the new M24, so we need the money, and you can have to keep your visitors in fairness, Minister Rhine visitors, we know the problems, the equipment is there for Minister Rhine, but we need the funding. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. To be assured that the people of Tipperary can live in our life. Have you your checkbook with the Minister? Well, I have given the checkbook for transport to Minister Rhine, and it is a large checkbook, because he has a budget of £35 billion, Deputy, out to 2030, for transport-related capital projects. Just to say that the NDP is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every project that will happen over the next decade, it is a high-level budgetary framework for our public capital investment plans over the next period of time. I am aware of the calls and indeed the need for a bypass of Tipperary Town. I know you have made the point, Deputy Cahill has raised it with me consistently as well, and I know that Minister Rhine is particularly anxious to see the development of bypasses over the next number of years. So, again, I would like to see the plan developed, and if the plan is brought forward, it will then be a question of providing the funding. There is a very large envelope, which will be divided between maintenance of the existing network, £3.6 billion or so for active travel measures, and then new investment in public transport, but also new investment in road infrastructure. Thank you very much. So it is about getting the project ready to the point where it can absorb capital. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much. You
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