Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised)

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will point the Minister towards the issue of fares. They are and remain a significant barrier. If we are already providing additional subsidies to the public transport network when they are running well below capacity, there is real opportunity to do something in that regard.

The Minister pointed to the issue of hybrid working. Another issue that frustrates people is the lack of flexibility in the tax-saver scheme for people who are working in the city two or three days a week. There seems to have been no movement from the NTA or the Department in that regard. Is that something that is being considered and on which there will be movement? Can we expect to hear about that?

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