Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

When the Minister of Transport, Deputy Cullen, was out yesterday throwing shapes at the semi-permanent traffic jam at the M50 toll bridge, he did not indicate — the Tánaiste did not specify this morning — the precise timescale for the toll relief through the roads (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. Hard-pressed motorists want to get through that toll bridge at least as quickly as the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, gets through his private secretaries.

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