Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)

2:30 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It would be interesting to find out the comparable amount.

I do not wish to get too local, but I believe the service from Navan has the highest per mile cost per ticket in the commuter belt area. We have heard today about the number of electric cars sold in January and the serious penalties to which the State will be subject if we do not meet our targets in decarbonising the transport system. Public transport is a fantastic way of doing that. Are there plans to electrify bus services? Let us consider the great American cities. We are told that they are the most oil consuming in the world. There are electric buses or buses with electric motors and combustion engines.

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