Joe O'Toole (Independent)

The Leader is correct that somebody needs to shape up and questions need to be answered. I would like to hear answers to the questions raised by the spokesman for the Fine Gael Party, Senator Brian Hayes. I also have others, for example, will the two Luas lines ever meet and, if so, how will they be linked?

What will happen at the Red Cow roundabout? What will happen with the connection to the airport? What is happening with the Sligo-Limerick-Rosslare line? We knew the position on these matters when the Leader of the House was Minister for Public Enterprise. As she said, things have gone downhill since she left that office. It is time to get the current Minister into the House for questions so we will at least know where things stand. We could also inquire about the Dublin-Navan line.

The House could do worse than inform the nation where members of the Government parties in the Houses of the Oireachtas stand on the tobacco and transport issues. People should know what is going to happen, when it will happen, what it will cost and who will pay.