Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister of State for coming in. It is my understanding that Dunkineely National School did not apply for the safe routes to school programme because the process would simply take too long. We do not have time in this instance. We are talking about a busy road that caters for all the traffic that is going to Donegal and Killybegs. Large lorries loaded with fish heading to Dublin pass school. The Minister of State drove past it. He understands that it is situated on a hill. I showed it to him. He gets where I am coming from. Lorries coming down the hill travel at speed. It is very hard for vehicles to stop at the traffic lights outside the school. Traffic calming measures have to be put in place throughout the village of Dunkineely. It will be too late when something happens. I do not want to be standing here in a years' time and asking where the traffic calming measures are now. It is something that needs to be done as soon as possible for the sake of our children going to school, their parents and the teachers. Were it not for the people who stand at the traffic lights every day and man them to make sure the children cross the roads safely, there would be an accident.