Michael Kennedy (Dublin North, Fianna Fail)

Let us wait and see over the next couple of years. The Luas and the metro will be used by 80 million passengers; some 30 million people are already using the Luas. It proves the point that people use good public transportation systems, and I have no doubt that the metro will be the same. Creating park and ride facilities is an important component of Transport 21. We must endeavour to keep cars from congesting our cities. If park and ride facilities were provided on the outskirts of the city, people would use public transport.

Deputy Broughan spoke about delays in his speech. He is the first person to jump up and down when the public is not consulted, yet it was interesting to listen to Deputy Gregory thanking the Minister and the RPA for listening to the people around Drumcondra——

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