Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

An Bord Pleanála recently refused to allow Dublin City Council to build a bridge because it would interfere with that project, which has been shelved. I will finish on this point. We need an elected mayor of Dublin. We need somebody in Dublin who makes decisions and is accountable to the people for them. We need Dublin City Council to be given some function in relation to the planning of future traffic needs in Dublin. We need an end to the ineptitude of the NTA, which is wasting money and making imperfect decisions on our behalf without any mandate from the Oireachtas or Dublin City Council to do what it is doing.