Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

I realise the problem. Construction will not start this year, but I understand €500,000 will be spent on the planning and design of it. One accident cannot send all our hopes and dreams out the window. The figures for January and February were very good this year. The figures for March were dreadful until St. Patrick's Day, but thankfully, since then, there was a period of eight or nine days during which no one was killed on the roads. It is the case that one believes everything is going well one month, but one accident can blow it out of the water.

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