-----using an individual case, is say there has been no increase or reduction, as the Deputy has said.

There have been reductions. The Deputy has interrupted every second of my response. If she makes points, the least she can do is have the courtesy to hear the response. I have offered her-----

-----a meeting-----

-----with the Minister of State in respect of any individual cases-----

-----and to deal with those. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has been meeting people up and down the country about this. She has been more into action-----

-----than any Minister for elderly care whom I have seen in recent times. That is not to cast aspersions on anyone who went before the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. She is on top of her brief. She is working extremely hard to deal with this issue. She has secured the additional funding for home help hours. Recruitment is an issue. The Deputy should not try to dismiss that-----

-----because we have expanded so much in such a short space of time.

I thank the Deputy for raising a range of issues. I did not quite catch the first couple. By the way, salads are good for you.

I do not think it is weird to enjoy a salad. I also do not think it is weird to cycle, for that matter. We need a sense of perspective and a bit of calm too.

Deputy Michael Collins welcomed, I think, the reduction in transport fares we have announced and now brought in - in the context of the cost of living - for public transport and for young people. It is very important that we reduce public transport fares, and the Minister for Transport can do that readily within the legal frameworks. It is not as easy with the private transport issue. We will continue to look at that to see how we can be supportive. The Government was very supportive of all the transport network du…

Nobody wants to wipe anybody out.

The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, does not want to wipe anybody out for that matter or any private transport operator. They will not be wiped out either. The fullness of time will show that. The Deputy was up in this House advocating for measures to reduce the cost of living. In the budget I thought it was a very imaginative and good move to reduce fares on public transport for young people. To me that is an excellent decision.

We should be doing more of that into the future. It is the way to go.

There is public transport all over the country.

Sorry, there is public transport in rural communities.

The private transport operator is very important in rural Ireland but there is also public transport and the Deputy should not pretend there is not. It is not just Dublin, either, and the Deputy knows that too. Rural Ireland has Local Link and a whole range of initiatives that the Minister has supported and put funding into.

I can because I went on public buses to west Cork.

I can name all of them - Clonakilty, Bandon and the whole way down. It is for the whole country and the Deputy knows it well.

I did.

I thought the aromatic flavour of wine was more berry-like and that whiskey was more peat-----