Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I am proud of this land and what we are achieving. It is a pity that so far not one member of the Opposition has been able to accept the benefit of what CIE, the National Roads Authority and all the other transport bodies are successfully doing to improve the transport system. People outside the House want to see this plan realised. The Government is doing this. We will not go back to using our money to pay the national debt accumulated by an irresponsible Government which doubled debt in a four-year period. That is the reason we are not going back.

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