Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the chronic traffic congestion in Clondalkin, Lucan and other towns surrounded by the N7, M50 and N4, which is impacting on the daily lives of tens of thousands of people, interfering with national economic activity and costing the State money through lost productivity; and the need for the Government to inject a new sense of urgency into tackling the gridlock by providing additional buses, the early electrification of the Kildare route as far as Adamstown by 2011 not 2015, and the early construction of the interconnector between Heuston Station and Spencer Dock. If these actions are not taken, the gridlock will continue for another generation.

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