Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I want to make a brief point about why I want to call a division on this issue. Although the project in question will not proceed next year, it has been included in the 2007 Estimates. Therefore, the Estimates can only be described as fraudulently over-optimistic. We will not spend that money on public transport. The Estimates have the authority of a letter from the Tánaiste to Santa, put over a roaring fire to go up to the ether. We are unable to spend money on public transport because of the incompetence of the Ministers opposite.

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