Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputy O'Gorman. He can be absolutely assured this Government is as committed as the previous one to continuing the real advancements that were made over the previous five years in the provision of active travel schemes. I am a bigger supporter of that. We have seen a lot of advancement in my own area of Fingal and we have seen the benefits of that such as the safer routes to school and the other active travel schemes. We have a really strong pipeline of projects as well. Right now, the allocation is €360 million for this year. We have committed to doing at least that every year from now through the term of the Government. We are in the middle of the NDP review. I will seek additional capital funds for this Department, obviously. There would be additional funds, based on what we can deliver on active travel.

It is good to see with those projects that the pipeline and capacity is there to deliver them. You are seeing the networks coming together in cities and counties like Limerick. We see that in my area of Fingal as well, with the delivery of the Broadmeadow Greenway, which would link up right the way around through Sutton, Howth and all the way into the city. I have met with stakeholders as well. I met the Irish Cycling Campaign twice now, and a colleague of Deputy O'Gorman's, David Healy, is a part of that as well. We are particularly looking at what we can do in rural areas. Some of the urban areas have been easier to do in many respects but there are outlying areas of what more we can do to improve road safety for rural dwellers to be able to cycle. We have a significant programme. I assure the Deputy I am committed to it.