Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)

The Minister is talking gobbledegook. He has promised this for five years and is still only talking about feeding views into the legislation. His opportunities for legislation have passed. The incidence of chaos and gridlock in the city is increasing and special interests, who do not want a Dublin transportation authority but to maintain the status quo, have won out because the Government has always put special interests above the public interest, which is why the necessary legislation has not been introduced.

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