Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his presentation. I wish to ask about a couple of areas, touch on European law and refer to the cross-Border exchange of information on traffic issues. The Minister's predecessor, Deputy Varadkar, indicated there are legal problems with linking the points system, North and South, and that it requires legislation. I assume the same problem has arisen in other European countries when co-ordinating a system. Is there a plan to alleviate the situation? Will the Minister to elaborate on the matter?

The Luas cross-city project has led to chaos when travelling in and out of the city. Places are closed one day but re-opened the next. We need to get more information out to the public. The project was supposed to be finished by 2016 but the deadline seems to have been extended to the end of 2017. Will the Minister elaborate on the deadline. Is the project within budget? I thought the deadline for finishing was a bit earlier than the end of 2017. Will the Minister advise me on the matter? The Minister did say 2017.