Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I said earlier, in response to another question, that the legislation based on the report on the Dublin transport authority is well advanced and almost complete. I have talked to the various bodies concerned and will continue to do so to bring it to a conclusion. In the meantime I will move to set up a board for the Dublin transport authority, in shadow form, as I did with the Road Safety Authority and other bodies, to allow it to get on with the process of dealing with some of the issues.

I agree with Deputy Shortall and want to see the opening of the market move very quickly. I want to see a smooth process of getting another 100 buses on to the market in Dublin through the private sector. I will do that over the coming months.

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