Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

-----and putting more cars on the road by building the motorway system and putting an emphasis on private instead of public transport.

Our motion cuts through the nonsense of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Minister, Deputy Ross. It states clearly that we would scrap the NTA and its politically-driven agenda and that public transport would be central to the policy in the years ahead in terms of giving proper subvention, providing facilities for cyclists and treating workers correctly, not least because of climate change and the need that exists for this city to grow and develop. I commend the amendment from Solidarity-People Before Profit, which would completely change the Fianna Fáil motion.

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