Mary White (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the Minister and his officials. Without throwing bouquets at the Minister, his list of achievements in the Department of Transport is tremendous. I explained to my sister in the United States the position in Ireland regarding the saving of human lives and it is an understatement to say she was very impressed.

I had three little points about which I had intended to write to the Minister, but I did not have time to do so. I am a frequent traveller to Northern Ireland and usually travel on the Enterprise train. Recently, however, I took the bus to Lisburn to attend a meeting and Bus Éireann dropped me at the side of the road outside the town. I just could not understand it. I can understand why the bus does not drive through the town but the shopping centre was just up the road. When I was dropped on the side of the main road, how was I to get a taxi to the conference in Lisburn?

We are supposed to have an economic corridor from Dublin—