They had it with north sea oil and pissed it away wkth giveaway budgets. We need to do what the Norwegians did and set up an investment fund
Are you for real.So a minister wonât start a big infrastructure job because someone on twitter might be mean to them.
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Failure of most politicians, State bodies and civil servants to articulate projects imo.
Also our journalism corps are complicit with a dumbed down coverage of infrastructure that focuses on sensationalism.
That is why Shane Ross sat on transport projects for a few years.
He spent years in the Sindo lambasting âwasteâ. Why would he get himself entangled with it himself?
The best thing the Greens did was not tear up the plans that were there for transport like they had said they would. This was a mature decision.
They will likely be hammered at the polls by many of the same types who claim to want infrastructure and a future for selling out.
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Iâll go through some examples of dysfunction. Some of it is well meaning âdemocracyâ in action.
Reposting the above. It was not just parking lot owners who dumbed down the transport plans.
It was also disability groups.
This is an example of well meaning stuff that just delays and waters down projects. Any kind of change will impact an individual or groups. We give far too much credence to it.
The National Childrenâs Science Museum. A much needed museum for Dublin, something to bring children into the city for.
Proposed in the 1990s.
Back at planning again and recommended for approval by ABP in 2024.
Here we have a Prime Time piece covering it over the summer where air time is given to an actor and residents groups near Harcourt Street.
An unknown number of those are local residents who have no garden. People such as actress Pom Boyd, who, like others Prime Time spoke to, praises the way in which the OPW maintains the park.
For her, the park is âan oasisâ in the heart of a âvery busy, fast-growing city. There are very few places for people without gardens like me⌠to come and commune with nature to hear the birds,â she said.
Ms Boyd is worried that the removal of such a large section of the boundary wall will harm what she describes as a âvery delicately balanced Victorian garden.â The wall ââŚis one of the things that gives the Iveagh Gardens its character,â she said. She organised a petition which gathered over 46,900 signatures from people objecting to the plan and its impact on the Gardens.
They are proposing to knock down a wall for it.
The Iveagh Gardens is basically the secret garden of Dublin. It isnât particularly well known in comparison to St Stephens Green or Merrion Square. Thatâs why it is an âoasisâ, the plebs donât go in.
A Childrenâs Museum would mean more people would know about it and the oasis would be threatened.
What politician decided to go and support the petition? Only Chris Andrews from a party claiming to be for the little people but backing a group of well heeled locals for votes.
And he is backed by our so called future Taoiseach.
https://twitter.com/maryloumcdonald/status/1816735556388417572?s=46&t=hy6wc4bLZMiyfotc20UniQ
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And it isnât just Sinn FĂŠin of course.
Here is Social Democrat Cian OâCallaghan again cynically supporting a group of middle class Howth residents who donât want to have to switch DARTs.
DART+ improves services right up to Drogheda, yet we have someone who will claim to want to support the Green agenda cynically behaving like the below.
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Updated plans for the Dublin City Library that was designed by Grafton Architects nearly 10 years ago and approved in 2019.
Delayed of course but now back on the agenda with basically no changes other than improved accessibility.
Why is it going back for further âpublic feedbackâ?
Work on the site is expected to begin in late 2025, though this timeline could change based on public feedback and the approval process.
Metrolink at its Second Consultation phase.
Second Public Consultation on MetroLink Opens - August 2024 - MetroLinkWeb.
Of course this isnât the Second phase. It is the second official one.
The revamped Metro project was announced in 2018. It went through a year of consultation by which time the project got chopped in half by 2019.
This is really the third consultation, taking another few months, all so BrĂd can get another day out of the getting their opinion heard.
Moore Street finally approved after years of consultation, amendments and continued opposition.
https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0918/1470723-moore-street-planning/
Again politicians all over this.
The âRelatives of 1916â apparently are a group worth listening to.
Iâm actually happy enough for more of the inner city to be car free. I think the city benefits from it. Itâs the countless bollards, signs etc that annoy me.
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The bollards and signs are a symptom of a society that demands to be mothered but doesnât want to take personal responsibility and which also wants to avoid personal conflict.
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Big infrastructure takes years to complete. The politician will be long gone so prefers short term gimmes to get elected.
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Set up in last years budget
- annual contribution of 0.8% of GDP to Future Ireland Fund 2024-2035 will protect public services for the long term
- with annual contributions, growth in GDP and potential return from investments, the Fund has the capacity to grow to âŹ100 billion by 2035
- Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund will secure capital expenditure through the economic cycle
The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath and the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform Paschal Donohoe have published the landmark Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024.
This follows the publication of the General Scheme of the Bill, on 12 October 2023, and the announcement made in Budget 2024 to establish two new funds:
- the Future Ireland Fund; and
- the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund
The Future Ireland Fund will help deal with future expenditure pressures including ageing, climate, digitalisation and other fiscal and economic challenges. Its purpose is to support in a consistent and sustainable manner, State expenditure from 2041 onwards. It is intended that it will support expenditure in areas that have been identified as likely demands on the public finances.
Annual contributions will be made to the Future Ireland Fund from 2024 until 2035, after which further contributions can be provided through a DĂĄil resolution. There is no limit on the potential size of this Fund.
For each year from 2024 to 2035, 0.8 per cent of GDP will be invested in the Fund. Approximately âŹ4.1 billion will also be transferred from the dissolution of the National Reserve Fund in 2024.Taking account of annual contributions, growth in GDP and potential return from investments, the Fund has the capacity to grow to âŹ100 billion by 2035.
Take the 13 billion and stick it in there
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We need more bollards to protect cycle lanes, based on my experience. Iâd be happy with the low down plastic bump type dividers though, less visually intrusive but should provide as much protection from cagers.
thats why Eamon is such a great politican
The protected/segregated bike lanes should be completely closed off to prevent lads on e-bikes weaving into the car lane when they come across their non e- enhanced bicycling colleague
A visionary
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25 billion surplus but in five years time ww are likely still going to have a basket case in the mid west region with Limerick regional being the main hospital serving Limerick, Clare, parts of north Kerry and big parts of Tipp. Some of this surplus needs to go to alleviating our problems with health care in this region but it wonât itâll go into shite like reducing the USC for everyone.