Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

9:00 am

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The rural transport schemes are brilliant.

I know them quite well and was Minister with responsibility for them when I was in that Department. The rural transport network has a huge future in delivering services in rural Ireland and needs to be expanded but it needs to be done in a way that is mapped out with all the services like Expressway and rail services so that there is interconnectivity. I ask the Minister to look at that. There is another thing the Minister should look at that may lead certain pressure groups to view him in a more favourable light. During the time-----

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