Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is appreciated. Briefly, in the speaking time I have remaining, which is just a couple of minutes before I ask Senator Craughwell to come in, I have a suggestion. This may be the case in some of the larger post offices, but has any consideration been given to the roll-out of motor tax facilities in post offices, like a terminal-type approach? If so, could the Minister comment on that?

The other item I wanted to touch on, which is interrelated to my comments about greenways, is to note that it is 13 km each way from Malahide to Donabate and Portrane. It is connected, of course, by train with a journey time of three minutes but I would not fancy having to commute if I was not on board a train. Ironically enough, the greenway between Malahide and Donabate will probably be made use of by people commuting to work, which is actually an added benefit to that particular project.

A further item which I want to touch on if I can find it relates to some of the figures which the Minister has identified in the PSPR under programme B on sustainable mobility and public transport. Under B3, the number of grant-aided electrical vehicle home charging points installed was quite a bit under target. Could the Minister outline why that might be the case? In addition, the number of new buses and coaches delivered, all with low floors, is only 57% of target. The Minister also might touch on that. I obviously commend the reference to achieving 126% of target for new buses and coaches delivered which were zero-emissions vehicles, ZEVs. I was on one of them with the Minister a couple of years ago as part of the Committee on Environment and Climate Action.

Under subhead B3, the target for electric vehicles as a percentage of vehicle registrations, which we have touched upon, was exceeded. Unfortunately, this has not been replicated in 2024.

Finally, there are a lot of really good, positive figures in the PSPR regarding the percentage of people walking in Dublin city centre as a modal share of transport trips. In 2022, it jumped from 5.4% to 13%. Does the Minister have an indicative figure for 2024 to see whether that trend is continuing? Does he believe that leap forward will continue? I can come back in at the end.