Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are a couple of things. Somebody asked the Minister about it earlier. I nipped out for a couple of minutes or did not get the answer. The Minister promised in the last quarter of last year to have a 10% increase in the traffic corps. He gave a commitment just before or just after the summer that we would absolutely see a 10% increase. I want his view on that. Did he deliver on that? What plans does he have to increase the traffic corps further for this year? On the amendments that were not allowed, I had put one down about the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport reviewing rural transport and looking at additional initiatives. This is an age-old problem that has been around for a long time. I read that the Minister said that he would look at initiatives. As somebody else said earlier, there is no Government amendment that is tabled to show any initiatives. What plans does the Minister have, given that he said he would have initiatives and that he rejected the amendment I put forward?