Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was down on the Waterford greenway last year with my wife. I stopped at the side of the road just to watch groups of teenagers cycling together. I have not seen that since I was a teenager. They knew that it was a safe place to be. We talk about mental health issues and social isolation among our teenagers, and there is no better way to make friends and sustain friendships than going on a bike ride together. Seeing gaggles of teenagers chatting away to one another time after time on that greenway was really special. There is no reason that could not be replicated every morning on the way to most schools in this country.