Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree we have to prioritise investment in public transport and alternatives. Particularly in the case of the approach roads to Dublin, there is a fundamental problem in that the M50 is full to capacity and there is no potential for any excess capacity. Within the M50, we will introduce demand management, road space reallocation and BusConnects services. It does not make strategic sense for us to try to increase the volume of traffic coming into the city or going around the M50. That requires investment in the likes of the Connecting Ireland service and other services and will involve improving the bus system, in particular, in advance of rail taking longer, although we will need to provide rail as well with the likes of the Navan rail line. We need to invest in those sustainable solutions that free up the road space for everyone because they take cars off the road and mean we are not all stuck in traffic.