Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Ms Graham and Mr. Creegan for coming before us. To follow on from Deputy O’Rourke, he put very clearly the issue of the unfair fares, as people see it, in such areas as Laytown, Bettystown, Gormanstown and Drogheda. If we want a fit-for-purpose system, as both Deputies O’Rourke and Matthews said, we have to make sure we have the pricing and infrastructure correct and that it is a system that works for people. Otherwise we will never get a bang for our buck. We will not get those climate action wins that are relatively easy and that we need to ensure.

The NTA spoke about how this review of fares is still ongoing. I assume that is not going to finish any time soon. The NTA is going to put proposals to Government at the end of this review, which I imagine will be dealt with in the budgetary cycle. It is unlikely we will be finished for this year’s budget.