Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

With all due respect, I have read the plan for 2040. I have read about BusConnects and I know what is promised. I asked specific questions this morning in relation to the bottlenecks and the pinch points identified by Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus. Is the Minister aware of them, have they been costed and when can they be implemented? That would help with congestion here and now. I also asked a question about the longer trams. The reply to the freedom of information request that I submitted indicated that the Department was aware of the technical issues but proceeded to roll them out anyway. The longer trams are now off the tracks. When will they be back in use?

When will the Department's policy paper on optimal land be published? Finally, in February a private members' motion was unanimously supported in the Dáil and at that stage the Minister said that he would come back to the House with a clear timeframe for addressing the inadequacies in our regional and county roads. When can we expect that? These are all very clear, specific questions and with all due respect, I do not need the Minister to read out national policy documents that I have already read.