Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

Does the Taoiseach expect us and the citizens of this country to take seriously and accept as good coin An Agreed Programme for Government? I ask that particularly regarding his integrated transport policy, designed as far as possible to overcome existing delays, bottlenecks and congestion and provide choice through alternative modes of transport. Can we take that seriously, particularly when the Taoiseach puts Deputy Callely in charge of one of the most serious bottlenecks in the country, namely, Dublin traffic? So desperate were we, I must confess, that in recent days when we heard the Deputy promise us metro lines, stations and millions of euro——

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