Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I did not hear any reference in the reply to my question about the difficulties regarding the availability of top-up facilities. Have these been overcome? Is it intended to extend the scheme? Internationally, the transport systems that really work are the ones that are simple to use and whose prices are within people's range. Ireland has a bad history of long-term planning in many areas. I know we are in a bad economic situation and there is limited scope to introduce new schemes. However, is a longer view being taken in terms of the introduction of such a tag-on and tag-off initiative when the current fleet is replaced? Is there forward planning for the public transport system, or is it just a case of short-term thinking?

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