Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

These are designed absolutely to target the difficulties which we have and which are clean. There is the Luas as well. They are all clean and solidly anti-pollution projects which will help, first of all, on modal shift but will also help to produce extra capacity and be clean. We are not going to solve this problem overnight. However, 70% of commutes to Dublin city centre are actually now on sustainable modes. We may not have got the other 30% right and they may be clogging up the roads with traffic jams, which I regret. However, we have made a lot of progress. It would be appropriate if the Deputy acknowledged that particular progress.

The Deputy had a good point about the park-and-ride strategy. However, that strategy is being drawn up by the National Transport Authority, NTA. The Deputy may be working in parallel with the NTA and I am glad to see that they are both in agreement. I do not know who was enlightened first, whether it was the Deputy or the NTA. They are both on the right track, however.

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