Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The publication of the draft transport strategy for the greater Dublin area raised a huge amount of concerns. It will be at least 2031 before MetroLink is in place. For growing towns like Swords it confirms what the NDP pointed out, namely, this project has no actual start or completion dates. Is that not fair to say? Will the Taoiseach respond? Suburbs like Lucan and Finglas are also facing another ten years of congestion with new Luas lines years away. So many people are so depressed by what was revealed as the reality facing them in the past couple of days. No matter how much the Government spins it, that is the reality. Plans for the underground DART line in Dublin have been shelved until at least 2042.

The Taoiseach spoke about the COP and about us really needing to play our part and obviously dealing with transport. How does that marry with the timelines stated in the plan that has been announced and that we are now fully aware of?

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