Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

It is clear the Deputy has not read Transport 21 because all the projects to which he referred are not only no longer dreams on paper but are becoming a reality. Work has begun on all those projects in terms of design, looking at alignment, land routes and so on. More resources have been provided by this Government than any other in the past. Given the size and scale of this country, the €34.5 billion allocated in a ten-year framework represents one of the greatest investments per capita in public transport development in the world. Neither I nor Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats in Dublin need any lectures from the Green Party about commitment to the environment.

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