Grace Boland (Dublin Fingal West, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister. It is very good to see someone from north County Dublin in the room. Obviously, the Minister appreciates the public transport concerns in the north of the county. The briefing was really helpful. This is the first time I have seen something like this in committee and it was really good to actually see it. I am very focused on making sure that we have enough funding for public transport in north County Dublin and nationally. Programme B, sustainable mobility, covers new buses, coaches and rail carriages delivered and railways upgraded and improved.

I could not quite work out why there had been no new rail carriages or no data available last year and why it looks like there will be zero this year.