Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

As for knocking heads together, I assure the Deputy that I doubt whether many bones remain to be cracked on this issue. This is an important project because with the advent of the metro and Luas, integrated ticketing has significant positive potential, major cost implications as well as major design implications for stations, etc. Hence, this is a serious and very important issue, which is why I have asked for a peer review. As I should receive the results within a few weeks, it will not be a long process.

The work done to date was valuable and from a perspective of some distance, it was money well spent. The real question is how to proceed to the full-on, smart card integrated system for all modes of transport that is required for Dublin. Some years ago, it was decided to opt for the latest smart card technology. While people continue to show me old-style metal magnetic strip tickets, they are not holistic smart card integrated transport tickets like those which I wish to develop. However, I do not disagree with many of the sentiments expressed.

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