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

As I said at the outset, there are more submissions on this one issue than in the totality of 2016. In her initial response, Ms Graham acknowledged that these boundaries changed in the past up to approximately 30 km. There is a great opportunity not just to provide additional services but to increase the use of the existing service. Connecting Ireland is about the idea of promising services in the distant future. People are making decisions today in terms of mobility, movement and transport in that community - there are many like it - but in reality, the practical effect of Government policy is that the car is still the best option. That is a problem.