Mark Wall (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Last week, we attended the national fare strategy launch in Buswells Hotel across the road from here. Mr. Gaston mentioned fares being based on the distance as the crow flies. Does he think this will have a knock-on effect on rural transport? Some of the routes involve loops and so take longer than a route as the crow flies.

It is very important. Pricing was mentioned in the opening statements and the correlation between that and public transport. The cost of transport is still important for many people of the people I deal with. Does Mr. Gaston see these new "as the crow flies" routes as having a knock-on effect on local link and rural transport?