Dáil debates

Wednesday, 4 June 2008

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed)

 

5:00 pm

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

The net result is that commuters who live in the Forest Road and Highfield areas of Swords very often face an extra commute of half an hour minimum and, at busy times, their journey time from Swords to the city centre is extended by anything up to an hour and a quarter. If the Minister is committed to fair competition between private and public transport, he would permit access to a tunnel that was paid for by the commuter and the taxpayer. His partisan approach to allow only the private sector to use that tunnel——

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