Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

This is about joined-up thinking in transportation and land use, the kind of big picture decisions that must be made. In my county an €80 million sewage plant is under discussion. That must have an impact on the land use and transport decisions that are made, such as if a Luas line should cross a particular piece of land. We cannot put blinkers on and divorce land use, transportation, sewage and water infrastructure issues. When it comes to big picture planning, not only do we need consistency, we also need coordination, which is what this is all about.

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