Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

The sums do not add up. I repeat that the Minister is spending €70 million less on public transport initiatives and new works. Clearly, there are cutbacks, there are delays or there are contracts not being signed. Is it perhaps that Dublin Bus will not get the buses it is expecting? It got 100 buses so far this year and it is expecting another 100. In the fine print of the budget there are things going on and the Minister is not being transparent and open about them here today. I do not accept his reply.

I also do not accept what the Minister stated about the role of the Ceann Comhairle. In the priority questions to the Department, the Minister alone is the person who decides whether they are accepted or not——

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