James Bannon (Fine Gael)

We have all learned from experience and Governments can do likewise. The Government should examine the changes that have been made in London. The statistics I have mentioned are well known and are in the public domain. Traffic is responsible for the loss of millions of hours and countless millions of euro each year as people and goods sit in traffic gridlock, particularly on the outskirts of Dublin. While it takes me an hour to travel from Longford to Lucan, it can take me two hours or more to travel from Lucan to Leinster House.