Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Businesses and the public are under pressure. I am from rural Ireland and we have no public transport. We do not have the Luas or Dublin Bus or the taxi service people have in the cities. The Government does not mind subsidising Dublin but we need our cars and the Government is taxing us to make sure we will have no cars. It is all right for the Minister, he can cycle to work in the morning, cycle home for his lunch and dinner and cycle home at night. I cannot cycle from Dublin to Westport. If I could, I would, but I need my car because we do not have proper public transport in the west.

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