Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank Professor Reynolds-Feighan for her interesting presentation. My questions are as follows: can she give us a breakdown, in terms of transportation within Ireland, of the percentage that would be bus and rail and the percentage by car? How does that compare with the European norm and other European countries? What knock-on effects will that have in terms of congestion and carbon emissions? I recall that when I was a young fellow Greater London Council had a Fares Fair policy, where it slashed fares on the Tube but actually made money from that because more people used the Tube. Can Professor Reynolds-Feighan give any indication as to whether that policy has been pursued in other European countries? Are there any countries that have zero fares as a way of encouraging the use of public transport?