Climate Change Policy
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-24
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Darren O'Rourke (SF), Meath East

I have supplementary questions on two matters. One is the Connecting Ireland programme. There are particular challenges in Ireland because of the spatial configuration of our communities. We are unique in many respects, specifically the dominance of Dublin and the types of rural and sparsely populated communities we have. Connecting Ireland is essentially a BusConnects programme for the rest of Ireland, as I understand it.
Related to that, there will continue to be significant car dependency. Our electric vehicle plan seems to be all over the place. It is not delivering anywhere close to what it needs to deliver. It needs fundamental reform in every way. I ask the Minister to speak to those points.

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Sitting date: 2021-03-24