Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 October 2003

With regard to the Luas, a recent newspaper report highlighted the fact that 2,800 km. of railway were built in Australia for the same price as the Luas is costing us. That is astonishing. I acknowledge that we reduced the cost and I lay a little claim to that – I know that nobody else will give me any credit for it so I will do so on my own behalf. Professor Melis has been much quoted in this context. Over a number of years, I worked very closely with Cormac Rabbitte and Rudy Monaghan, who really deserve a statue to commemorate their contribution to recognising the defects in the Luas and the need for the metro, which they articulated very capably.

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