Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I totally reject what Deputy Kenny said about the performance of the Minister for Transport. Under the Minister's watch we are seeing one of the best ever roll-outs of infrastructure. We are seeing this on all the main roads — the road to Belfast which is done, and the roads to Cork, Limerick and Waterford. Some €1.5 billion is being spent on roads infrastructure. On the rail programme, the main rail lines to Cork, Galway and Waterford have all been successfully enhanced.

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