Larry Butler (Fianna Fail)

The Minister must take into consideration the responsibility that each council will have in that regard. There is no better way to have accountability than through the people who were elected to that council. Senator Donohoe has made a very important point. I do not want another HSE created here on a transport system. It is our responsibility, as public representatives, to ensure public representatives are accountable on all boards created from here on in.

I believe we must review what is going on in the HSE. It is disturbing for me, as a public representative, to hear different stories, one worse than another, every day. A one-day sitting of the House would serve us well when we could look at all the faults within the HSE. Before anything else happens, the Minister who is looking at the new Dublin transport authority should consider how we can have representation on that board and how it will be accountable.