Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is no laughing matter for my constituents, particularly in the context of public transport. When they read the newspapers this morning, they will have seen a lot of good news about proposals to electrify the line to Maynooth, Dunboyne and Drogheda, but what my constituents really want to know is what is the Government doing here and now. What is happening today? What is it delivering on now rather than planning for in the next ten, 15 or 20 years? That is the problem. There is nothing for the commuter stuck on a train between Gormanston or Balbriggan and Dublin or between Dunboyne and Dublin or in a traffic jam on the N2 each morning.

There is nothing for them today and perhaps the Taoiseach could enlighten us as to whether there is anything or if they have to wait for the Government's capital plan to deliver in a decade's time or so.

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