Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Later in his remarks, Deputy Callely said he had ordered reconstruction works to commence at the exit from the Dublin port tunnel that will spit out 6,000 trucks per day. He also said: "You will see a visible improvement in this shortly." Will the Taoiseach comment on the Minister of State's Valentine's Day message? Does the Taoiseach agree with this kind of carry on? Did he hear the Minister, Deputy Cullen, say a short time ago that the figures released by Deputy Callely "are just guess work and are not based on any fact"?

We now have a Minister for traffic, appointed by the Government, yet he is making remarks that are not based on facts, merely on guess work. Everybody knows that travel times have increased dramatically.

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