Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Now that the Tánaiste has received this report, does he regret that in the budget in December he put so little emphasis on public transport investment in the here and now, not in 2016 and 2020? Almost all the emphasis in the budget on transport investment was in regard to roads, with public transport in the here and now getting very little. We do not have enough buses, trains or carriages. That is how we will reduce our emissions. Our transport emissions are among the ones that have risen at the greatest level. If the Minister had the chance to rewrite the budget, would he give a little more to public transport?

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