Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The point to be made generally is that, once I have bought a car, insured it, got its national car test and taxed it, I have already outlayed X amount of thousands of euro. The mentality now is to ask whether a car can be justified. Someone who does not have all those outlays and pays by journey may decide to cycle or get the bus. If I want to hire a car from Leaseplan for a couple of days because I want to go away to rural Ireland for the weekend, where I want to be able to drive around, I can do that.