Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Due to time limitations, I do not have many questions for the NTA but I want to make a point that has been touched on already. I got public transport here today and I was the only person wearing a face mask. That is especially worrying in the context of the fact that we are moving to phase two on Monday and many more people will look for public transport, and that Ms Graham said that the level of people using public transport at the beginning of phase one was more than the NTA anticipated. That was two and a half weeks ago, which was a very different place. We are a lot more lax with restrictions now. Monday could see a very difficult situation for public transport providers around the country because face masks are not being worn, by and large. When I got off the train, maybe one in thirty people coming off the carriages and onto the platform was wearing a face mask. There needs to be a much clearer message about what people need to do on public transport. Problems are brewing for Monday.

I would like to ask many questions but time is limited. How many local authorities have actively engaged with the NTA about reallocating space and the emergency funding that is available?