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

Last year we launched 65 new or enhanced services. Of these, 24 were new routes and 41 were enhanced services, which usually means much more frequent journeys. Approximately 194 towns and villages benefit from this.

My understanding is that expenditure last year was on budget and we spent the full allocation. This is very complicated because often we start a service at the end of the year and the cost does not kick in until the following year. We have not concluded the exact allocation. We are going through the process of agreeing the overall budget. Today we made the allocation for active travel. We will do similar for local roads and national roads. My understanding is that it will be in the order of just under €10 million this year. It is ramping up each year.