Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Is this cross-departmental team strictly a co-ordinating team or has it any interaction with outside relevant bodies, even public sector organisations? Is there any structured role or involvement of the National Development Finance Agency and how does this knit into the work of this committee?

I refer to the Taoiseach's reply to the same question on 27 June 2006. A large part of his response was taken up with the refurbishment of the M50 which he stated will take between three and four years. Will the Taoiseach give any indication in respect of the particular matter where he says, almost unbelievably for the lay person, that it will take between three and four years to put in barrier-free tolling of the kind that one sees elsewhere in member states of the Union?

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