Public Transport
Dail Éireann — 2026-09-17
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

Of course we need to dramatically increase the investment in public transport. We are more than in favour of this. The absence or inadequacy of public transport in many parts of the country, and particularly in rural Ireland, is an absolute disgrace. The idea it should be paid for by hiking up fares for people struggling with a cost-of-living crisis in a way that the NTA itself says will deter people from using public transport is unbelievable. It has admitted that for every 10% increase, 3% fewer people will use public transport. The Government is driving them out of public transport and into cars. How can it possibly justify this?

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Sitting date: 2026-09-17