Seanad debates
Wednesday, 15 October 2003
Public Transport: Motion.
This week in the Dáil the Taoiseach was forced to clarify the record of the House. The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy McDaid, might do likewise. When he was here during the previous session I raised the issue of the Red Cow roundabout and explained the fiasco we were facing with the Luas and the extra traffic. I was told there was no problem as the experts had agreed there was no difficulty with traffic. They would see how the current system would work. The so-called experts said everything would be fine. Already, before the Luas has even opened, the Minister for Transport has been embarrassed into a climbdown. He has talked about putting the line on stilts and now we have a €300 million plan to upgrade the M50 and the Red Cow roundabout. Where are those experts, who were they and how much were they paid? How can they call themselves experts when they are so clearly wrong?
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