David Norris (Independent)

It is huge. The problem is that we will build orbital roads further and further out instead of building the one thing that will solve the traffic problem, which is the metro. We all know this and I applaud the Minister of State, Deputy Callely, for sticking to his guns.

I will make some final points. I understand the Minister of State is considering all types of imaginative solutions, such as allowing people who pool car space and have three or more people in the car to use bus lanes. That costs nothing. It is a small measure but it could be effective. I do not know if the mechanics are possible to enable lights change to green from red late in the evening if there is no traffic coming from the opposite direction. I do not presume the technology must exist or it would not have been mentioned.

Mr. Paddy Power — not the bookmaker — has made a rather curious suggestion.