Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I also express my sympathy on the death of Tommie Gorman. It is really shocking.

Last February, I submitted a question to the Minister for Transport about the transport requirements for Dublin specifically for next weekend. We know that many events will be happening. It is Pride weekend. A number of concerts will be taking place and there will be two double-headers at Croke Park. The response that came to me from the National Transport Authority in February was that it was aware of the events and that it would engage with key transport stakeholders as part of the planning process. Today, we are told by the Taxis for Ireland coalition that up to 600,000 people will be in the city and that there will be a shortage of taxis. Has there been advance planning in respect of the weekend? Will there extra public transport be available? We do not want visitors to have their weekend spoiled in the context of something that should have been identified and planned for well in advance.

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