Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

The Ceann Comhairle is being very unreasonable with me today. My last question has to do with infrastructural investment, particularly in the critical area of transport, which in Dublin city is one of the crucial problems confronting our people. Has it ever occurred to the Taoiseach that sometimes the solutions might be much simpler than they are made out to be? Is he aware, for example, that this week when the schools are off traffic moves much more freely through the city? Why does he not propose to the interdepartmental sub-committee that perhaps a dedicated school bus system serving every school in this city and bringing students to the schools from where they live could remove at a stroke thousands of private vehicles from the roads? Why do we not think simply in that regard? My unfortunate constituents in Dublin West spend an hour and a half or two hours accessing Dublin city centre.

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