Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I have a question for Ms Graham. In terms of the current position, pre-crisis public transport at peak times was heavily congested with packed buses and trains. It is clear that there will not be a desire on the part of passengers to return to those sorts of services in the future. There has been a major modal shift in terms of people moving towards cycling in particular. I cycled in here today. In terms of that modal shift, in recent times the numbers one sees cycling, certainly in my constituency, are unprecedented. The mobility plans and the emergency funding are very welcome. I strongly support that but are there any plans to front-load or fast-track cycling infrastructure in particular that is in the pipeline and will be built in the next few years anyway? That is where we are moving to in terms of climate change and everything else, but if the funding was available, are there projects currently in the pipeline that could be brought forward and implemented faster?