Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I refer the Deputy to the costing criteria set out yesterday by the Minister for Finance. I do not accept any of the points made by the Deputy. The national plan produced 185 km of motorway, 385 km of dual carriageway and bypasses in approximately 20 towns throughout the country. We spent €1,370 million on roads this year alone. I can outline all of the contracts if necessary. It includes work on doubling Exchequer support for CIE, new buses for Dublin Bus, new buses for Iarnród Éireann——

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