Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Meade. I will not keep listing all the issues. Some of the members here will be touching on points. I have issues about the Ballybrophy line in north Tipperary. I have issues about the lack of a bridge in Killarney between the bus station and the train station. If there was one, it would save people, particularly the elderly and those with mobility issues, an eight- or nine-minute walk. It seems a no-brainer but it has never happened. Mr. Meade might touch on that.

I will submit all these queries. Mr. Meade might come back to me with them and then we can resolve them if they need further investigation. There is an appetite for public transport. If it is there and it is reliable, clean, frequent and priced well, people really want to use it, but if it is not there they cannot. If it is not reliable, they cannot. If it is too full, they cannot. I was genuinely amazed by the amount and volume of queries I got, and the detailed nature of some of the queries I have. I may come back in at a later stage. Some of them may be covered by other members anyway.

I do not want to hog the time but to allow other members in. I will bring in, first of all, members of the committee and then non-members of the committee. Then we will go back to members of the committee for a second round, if we have time. The next contributor, a member of the committee, is Deputy Martin Kenny, who has ten minutes.