Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Sustainable Mobility Policy: Department of Transport
Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Yes. I will echo a point.
Mr. Spratt said that the Department is looking at travel to work, home, education and leisure. Each of those could be broken down. From an Opposition transport spokesperson perspective, when I try to chase that education piece it falls between a number of stools, whether it is at primary, secondary or third level. One is pushed from Billy to Jack and people say they are not responsible for that area. When I see that I wonder where the overall focus is. There is a lot we can achieve as regards travel to education if there is a focus on it. The school bus transport scheme was mentioned earlier. The youth travel card for third level is positive but there are other pieces we can do if there is a focus on it.
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