Marie Sherlock (Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are two fundamental points we are not seeing here. There is a degree of urgency we are not seeing here. There is a lot of talk about the plans the Government intends to put in place and the Minister of State said it is a priority for Government, but the Government has millions of priorities. What is it actually going to do? I do not see the urgency here. We still have a target of 2040 to meet what he describes as the non-binding WHO guidelines. We are hiding behind non-binding WHO guidelines when we know the current levels are having an impact. I will bring it back to the communities I am speaking about. These comprise people of all ages. These are their communities. They happen to live on a highway to the city centre, but they need to be respected as much as the people who need to commute from north County Dublin or beyond to get to the city centre. We have a situation where a cycle lane is being lifted throughout the main thoroughfare of Phibsborough to make way for cars and buses.I need to drive many a time. The key issue all that we are not prioritising, to the extent that we need to, those who wish to and should be using active travel across our communities. This is an appeal and plea to Government to ensure that there is a degree of urgency with regard to the projects that are currently being rolled out.