Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Today is the first anniversary of the Dublin Transport Authority team report. The Minister for Transport's predecessor promised that the consultation would be completed and he would publish a Bill before Christmas of last year. This month is also the second anniversary of the publication of Transport 21. Almost all the major projects in regard to public transport and Transport 21, including the improvements in transport infrastructure, the metros in Dublin and the improvements in rail lines, are significantly behind schedule and the budget demands on them have grown very significantly.

What are the Minister's proposals to deal with the promises made by Government on Transport 21 and last year's promised legislation? We face a wet day in Dublin and while the Minister has a ministerial car, for most other people it means chaos on the trains and buses. It will be difficult even to get a taxi in Dublin today.

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