Mary Moran (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I apologise for being late. I was at another meeting. I also want to add my voice to the disappointment felt over Narrow Water Bridge. As somebody who comes from the area, it was certainly something the people of Louth, Armagh and the surrounding areas looked forward to for years. We thought we had it within our grasp. We talk about the possibilities of revisiting it. The debacle over funding is a significant issue. Are there plans to revisit it and, if so, what are they? Could the Minister of State expand on that?

I have raised the issue of penalty points North and South here a couple of times. I was disappointed on Sunday to hear the announcement that the plans to ensure that people who received penalty points either side of the Border would carry them into their own jurisdiction have been halted. Could the Minister of State expand on it? I am somebody who drives up and down the M1 every day of the week. I am not taking it against Northern drivers but when one is out of one's jurisdiction, one certainly sees many more speeding Northern cars going up and down that motorway. When one knows that one can do it and not be caught speeding or that gardaí will not check one on checkpoints, the temptation is-----