Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are three very strong messages coming forward in much of that, which are relate to communication, collaboration and leadership. Those themes would encompass much of what has just been recommended.

It is my slot for questions now. Mr. Donovan gave the example of the Merwede district in Utrecht and said they planned that cycling infrastructure with several decades of investment. Ireland, on the other hand, spent several decades planning for cars. That is why we have such a car culture and urban sprawl. It was planned and that was the way it was naturally going to follow. How do we, with urgency, bring about behavioural change and the change the climate requires? How are we going to develop sustainably as well? How do we bring that in quickly? We do not have decades, like the Utrecht model, to reverse this. How do we do it quickly?