Mr. Kenneth Spratt:

We have been given political direction. It is set out in the national development plan and before that, it is set out in Project Ireland 2040 so we have the political direction. We need political support across all parties. We will have to do our public engagement as well and will significantly ramp up our public engagement on the climate side. We appeal to this committee for support. Sacrifices must be made by everybody, particularly when it comes to us trying to incentivise and motivate people to get out of their internal combustion engine cars and use public transport. Of course, we will have to have the public transport services in place to make that modal shift happen. If I was to summarise how the committee can help us, it would be to provide political support for the tough sacrifices that need to be made to move from private vehicles to public transport and active travel.