Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I support the proposal for a debate on transport. I raised the matter yesterday and I would like to gently remind the Leader that she did not say whether she is happy to have such a debate with the Minister for Transport. Regardless of the points that were made, which were not tongue in cheek, it is a serious issue.

I would like to mention the plight of the families in north Mayo that were affected by the landslide there some weeks ago. There seems to be a "Dublin-centrification" of issues on this island at present. The traffic in Dublin is as it may be. As long as half the media personnel in Ireland live beside the DART line, there will be public comment about the fact that the well-off people who live near it are facing a problematic year and a half. I would like to know what the State will do to look after the families in north Mayo. If a couple of houses in Donnybrook were flooded, all sorts of movements would be made to ensure they were sorted out. People like those in County Mayo need to be supported.