Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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On the point that Mr. Moynihan is making and with regard to the venue I am talking about, which I am just using by way of anecdote, if another venue does not open, the young people will have nowhere to go. Transport is a very substantial part of this conversation. While it does not fall under this committee's remit, we cannot ignore it. It affects urban and rural areas. I have heard a great deal about the taxi services in Dublin and I have listened to the debate. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, has a very significant amount of work to do here. From my understanding and my research on the issue, it has ignored this problem for years. We are now at a cliff edge. There is nobody on the streets to take young people home. If you have public transport, that is fantastic, but out in rural areas there is not even a taxi to be had. I do not blame the taxi drivers. I know I am getting off the point but this is all part of the question of our night-time economy.