Residents in the new houses in Ringsend are being held hostage every single night and morning because of two two-way cycle lanes running up each side of Seán Moore Road. Residents in Bremen Avenue, Bremen Grove, Cymric Road and Pine Road are unable to get in and out of their homes. Getting out of the estate is impossible and it is very unsafe. I know the Tánaiste is going to say that the local authority should be addressing this and he would be right; the local authority should be addressing this. However, there is no other option because the council has ignored the residents, every single one. They have no other option but for the Minister to intervene and get the council to do the job and fix the cycle lanes on Seán Moore Road before someone is killed or badly injured.

What is the council doing about this? Is that not its job?

But they are not doing it.

With the greatest of respect, the Deputy should be telling them.

The senior management of the council has blocked any efforts and treated residents disgracefully and it is about time that somebody intervenes because someone will be killed or injured.

I would appeal to the local authority and its members to work with local residents to get this issue resolved. Very often we have a dilemma here because people decry the taking away of powers from local authorities on an increasing basis. If we centralise everything, I think we will be in difficulty too. I do not know the specifics of the case but it is something that should be resolved with the council - not only the management but the representatives as well. Surely there must be mechanisms to do that. In any event I will ask the Minister to examine it and see what he can do.