Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As I said, the local authority should be the lead in this. I am not attempting to pass the buck in saying that I do not consider myself to have any great role in this. If I can play a constructive role in bringing people together, then I will do so. However, the first port of call probably should be the local authority when it comes to bringing stakeholders together. My guess, moreover, is that it is a matter for the local authority to make any decisions in this regard. What we can provide is certain environmentally friendly ways of controlling and managing traffic. Clearly, if there are plans to increase student intake, as the Deputy indicated, the traffic certainly will get worse. I will ask one of my officials to get in touch with the local authority to see whether there is anything we can do together, apart from promoting the programmes to which I referred in my reply.

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