Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

Ten years ago when Fine Gael was last in Government, travelling by car from Drogheda to Dublin city took one hour while now it takes at least an hour and a half. People must get up at 5 a.m. to commute to Dublin city to work because no park-and-ride facilities are available. Commuters must sit in traffic queues for hours. People are drifting out of the cities, living in the commuting counties and spending hours away from their families getting to work. Notwithstanding the money the Government has spent on public transport, its policies have failed dismally. Is it not time the Minister led joined-up thinking in the Government to have a real coherent policy to tackle climate change? Will he agree the Government is a failure and deserves to be kicked out of office?

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