Seanad debates

Wednesday, 25 October 2006

2:30 pm

Photo of Joe O'TooleJoe O'Toole (Independent)

We have had debates on road safety on many occasions in recent years, but there are still outstanding issues. The most difficult manoeuvre on the road is overtaking, but there is no overtaking manoeuvre in the driver test — quod erat demonstrandum. This is the kind of nonsense we maintain continually.

The Taoiseach was interviewed recently on "News at One" and he made the point that he had spent two or three happy weeks in August in County Kerry, specifically in the town of Dingle. In answer to a question, he pointed out to the nation that nobody had mentioned or raised with him the way people felt about the high-handed manner in which the name of their town had been changed. Will the Leader convey to the Taoiseach that Dingle people are used to seeing national and international figures on their streets and have rules about not interfering with them, but that he should now be aware of their feelings?

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