Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I held a very useful meeting with the South Dublin Chamber of Commerce on 27 April during which I received its transport policy paper. The meeting dealt with the full range of transport issues in the South Dublin area and beyond. In the light of the announcement by the Minister for Finance in his budget statement of agreement in principle to a ten year capital investment envelope for transport, work is under way in my Department on a ten-year transport investment plan.

The draft plan takes account of the work already done on investment priorities under the current capital envelope to end 2009 and of the various strategic studies already completed by my Department and its agencies. The matter is currently under consideration by the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, housing and PPPs. I will bring proposals to Government in due course once the Cabinet committee has concluded its work. In this context, I will give careful consideration to the various proposals that the South Dublin Chamber of Commerce has put forward.