Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was caught at a number of other meetings. I thank the witnesses for their presentation and for their time. I will look back at their contributions. The conference is a significant opportunity and it is welcome to have it.

I cover the climate portfolio for Sinn Féin, in addition to sitting on this committee. One of the areas in which I am particularly interested is the drive towards active travel and public transport, and the international experience of the barriers to those initiatives. Will there be an opportunity at the conference to consider those challenges and the types of approaches that are taken in other countries to respond and increase the number of people who are walking, cycling and taking public transport? Perhaps we might beg, steal and borrow the best of what is on offer in the research community and in practice in other countries.