Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

I ask under the terms of Standing Order 31 that this House be adjourned to debate an issue of national importance, namely, the need for this Government to express its full confidence in the Minister for Transport by clarifying its exact position on the M50 tolls issue, the €500 million cost overrun on the M50 widening scheme to date, and the patent lack of a viable public transport alternative which, as the Tánaiste well knows, will leave another generation of commuters in west and southwest Dublin who work outside the city centre with no choice but to commute by car, wasting hours of productive time stuck in gridlock, costing them their good health and costing our economy dearly.

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