Mr. Jim Gavin:

I am not avoiding the Deputy's question on transport. One of the powers the assembly recommend was a power for the mayor to convene. Henry Kissinger asked who he was to speak to when he wanted to speak to Europe. Who do you speak to when you want to speak to Dublin? There is nobody. It is about being able to speak to the mayor, let us say Mayor Higgins, who can convene all the stakeholders and players in the transport area both national, such as the NTA, which was before the committee last week, and local. The mayor would have the power to co-ordinate strategy.