Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

The Minister for Transport, Deputy Séamus Brennan, was in Galway on Monday and announced a rural transport initiative for south-east Galway, the first in the county. He also announced two quality bus corridors in Galway city, which I welcome. I have raised the issue of the railway strategy report previously. If the part of the report dealing with Galway city could be brought forward, particularly as it relates to commuter traffic from the north, south and east of the country, it would be of benefit and deal with the problem of congestion in the city. I am not prepared to wait for 20 years, as suggested by the rail review, for this to be done. We must work on it now, starting with commuter traffic. I hope we will have a debate on the issue soon.