Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

We should build metro north post haste. Swords is a major city of 100,000 people and it has one of the planet's busiest hub airports. While eminent journalists such as Mr. McDonald of The Irish Times are running a campaign against the metro, there is a case to be made for it because it would provide vital regeneration in and a transport corridor for the city's north side.

For many years, people in the west of Dublin have asked for a DART line to Blanchardstown. Why was the line not electrified and why must we wait until 2009? Many citizens in Cork are disappointed that Transport 21 contains nothing for them. The Green Party, members of which are not present, advocated a fixed line public transportation system for Cork city.

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