Jim Higgins (Fine Gael)

I wish to share time with Senator Ulick Burke. I join other speakers in welcoming the Minister to the House and compliment him on the manner in which he has literally hit the ground running in terms of his portfolio. It was never more urgent that we sort out the problems that have been today articulated so eloquently in this House in regard to Iarnród Éireann. I disagree with the Leader of the House when she said that there was a hostility on the part of the public to using Iarnród Éireann. There is no hostility, there is a reluctance.