Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Such an initiative has been taken successfully in Dublin whose taxi-drivers have told me of the wonderful effect that it has had on the free flow of traffic. It is disgraceful that An Post, a public organisation, has a policy of not paying tolls.

I am delighted that action has been taken on service areas. Many of us have suffered considerable discomfort, to put it mildly, travelling certain stretches of motorway because there is nowhere to relieve oneself.

My only negative comment is that it is a pity that it is to take 13 years to furnish us with a proper national roads system, from 1997 until 2010. It could have been done more quickly, but I hope it will now happen.