Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

-----they come out of the pub to be told that the bus service is not available. That is why I very strongly support the Dublin Bus Community Forum. I appreciate the fact that the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has allowed me to make that point. I shall continue to fight to ensure that public transport is available to all our communities. If we can restore confidence among communities in the public transport service, this would be very compatible with some of this Bill's provisions. I hope the Minister takes the opportunity at some point to agree with me in that regard.

For a number of years the Government has been taking a strategic approach to road safety, something I strongly welcome. The current road safety strategy 2007-12, which takes us up to just before the general election, is the most ambitious and comprehensive to date. I thought Deputy Durkan would have heckled me on that one, but no.

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