Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for Transport and the Government to allocate sufficient early and guaranteed multi-annual funding to allow Iarnród Éireann and the Railway Procurement Agency to quickly proceed with long awaited plans to provide a public transport solution for 100,000 people living in the Dublin Mid-West constituency, including a DART-style service on the existing Dublin-Cork rail line, a new metro across the River Liffey and a Luas service, given the importance of this investment in offering alternatives to gridlock in Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown as well as the positive opportunities it would provide for other parts of the country to link up with Dublin city centre and the airport.

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