Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

Senator Coghlan who is not here should remember there are also national parks in Connemara and Donegal and there is a meeting of the waters in Wicklow.

A point was raised about the Minister for Transport. It is worth reminding ourselves that in the budget produced by the then Minister, Deputy Quinn, in 1997 the Exchequer investment for public transport was precisely zero.