Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Troy for his response. He is right in all the facts which he has given. We had the lowest proportion in 2010, but the infrastructure was in a very precarious state.

As the Deputy said, we first need to tackle the business of the steady state. There is no point in introducing new and extravagant infrastructure when the roads are not up to par. I have spelled out very clearly some of the formidable and ambitious projects. We not just have ambition but will also deliver. The Deputy has seen what we said about BusConnects, which is a very imaginative programme. That programme will stretch over a number of years because of the amount of money we secured in the capital plan. The programme will revolutionise traffic in Dublin.

I have spelled out clearly the additional Luas capacity that is being introduced. That will sort out to a great extent the problem of the Luas on that route in Dublin. We are simultaneously addressing the legacy issues of the recession and the legacy issues of the steady state being inadequate, which will take until at least 2021, while at the same time initiating new imaginative capital projects which will go a long way to sorting out the problems, which are mostly problems of prosperity.

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