Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As I requested, the Deputy might take the opportunity to confirm that he is a user of the Leap card. I encourage every spokesperson on transport to use the card to show leadership from this House. I completely disagree with the Deputy's statement. We are working very closely with CIE which, as the Deputy well knows and as I have outlined to the House on previous occasions, faces a very challenging environment. We have taken the necessary steps to ensure the integrated nature of public transport is maintained. We are also working very closely with the National Transport Authority to ensure time-tabling and other issues, whether they involve a combination of public operators through CIE or private operators offering various other options, are dealt with and progressed to ensure we have a quality product for users, particularly in urban areas in which there is high dependency on public transport.

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