Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We could. I am doing my best today.

Senator Norris raised the important issue of transport and I would be happy to have the Minister, Deputy Ross, come to the House. The Senator has been a long-time campaigner on certain issues in regard to Dublin transport. The Government is investing but it is an issue that we need to have addressed. I will have the Minister come to the House.

I join with Senator Norris in posing the question of why the trees were knocked, demolished and destroyed as part of the building on Molesworth Street. I think it is appalling if it was allowed to happen as part of planning. Trees are our oxygen. They are part of our built environment and, in the Dublin street we are talking about today, they were part of and an addition to that street. I have not got the answer for the Senator but I think it is an important matter to raise.

I have given Senator Leyden a reply in regard to PDFORRA in that I responded to Senators Coghlan, Feighan, Ó Ríordáin in an overall sense-----