Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I share the Deputy's impatience but I do not have the kind of cheque book I would need to sort out this problem immediately. I ask him to accept that we have made serious commitments, not just in respect of the DART underground but in respect of Metro north, of which the Deputy will be aware, and the Luas which was an expensive project that will be opened this Saturday. The additional resources are committed and I do not think there will be any further slippage. Next year may be a little bit slow but the BusConnects project and others will - not immediately but in time - relieve the problems to which the Deputy refers. He must not doubt that the Government is committed to this capital plan. The face of transport in Dublin in the next decade will be transformed in a way of which we can all be proud, particularly on the north side.

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