Seanad debates
Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Order of Business.
I wish the Leader to raise with the relevant Minister the reported situation relating to rail freight. I spent an hour travelling from the Naas Road to this House this morning. I had visions of beet lorries clogging up towns from Wexford to Mallow, if a measure such as that proposed was to go through. The Leader, as a former Minister with responsibility for this area who will go into the history books for her role in the rail safety programme, would realise from going through the transport history books that we have an underutilised resource on which a good deal of money was spent in refurbishing and making it safe. It is not acceptable for that resource not to make its contribution to alleviating congestion. We need a "can do" management approach in our transport company rather than any feeling of defeatism.
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