Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

My initial reaction when the Deputy started the conversation by talking about car rental was to say that we need to move to more sustainable modes of transport, but that is exactly where the Deputy is going with that. Regarding car rental, my officials have written to the Car Rental Council of Ireland seeking a meeting to highlight the negative impact on tourism at present.

Regarding the sea way, I understand Fáilte Ireland is aiming to complete by the end of the third quarter of this year the procurement process to engage consultants to work with the agency on this project, but I can get my officials to refer back to the Deputy with details about that.