Deputy Gerry Adams referred to the review of public transport. I apologise for having to raise this issue. Having raised it in the normal way, through written and oral questions and topical issue debates, I quite honestly believe the answers I have received have been absolutely pathetic and devoid of any factual material. The reason I raised the question as to when the review will take place and its timing is that I am conscious that there is a mid-term capital review. It is important that if the review is to be effective, it will feed into it. Public transport has seen significant growth in use, and traffic in the west of Dublin, including between the N4 and N7 junctions on the M50, is at a level predicted for 2023. I am concerned that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, has not given factual detail in the replies he has given on the nature of the review, when it will take place and whether it will be produced in a timely way to feed meaningfully into the mid-term capital review.

I assure the Deputy that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and his Department have already been on to my Department. They are already engaging with my Department on what they believe to be the future capital needs of our public and land transport network. I imagine the review to which the Deputy is referring will be affected by the industrial relations dispute that is currently under way. This is one of the reasons I hope it can be successfully concluded. In any case, I assure the Deputy that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and its Minister, Deputy Shane Ross, are raising very clearly the future capital needs of the transport network.