Paddy Burke (Fine Gael)

The creation of a single Dublin transport authority. I read through the list of agencies submitted by the Minister of State but how can 21 different agencies run the city's transportation system? After all the discussions that have taken place we know what is wrong but decisions must be taken. The Dublin transport initiative was put forward by Deputy Naughten when he was the Fine Gael spokesperson on transport and the necessity to establish a Dublin transport authority remains our position.

On traffic management, Dublin needs a traffic corps. We have all witnessed the transport system working quite well during busy rush hours at Christmas when a traffic corps is in place around the city. Why is this so? Why can it not work on a daily basis? These moves would require money and it is only a matter of investing the money in the projects. The Minister of State has suggested many fine ideas but unless money is invested in many of them, the Government will hopefully be on its way out in 12 months time.