Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I really do not buy Deputy Dooley's point. His proposal to cut the free travel scheme and take another €3 million off CIE and over €1 million off Bus Éireann was made in December 2012, which was after the announcement that CIE was in serious financial trouble and required a bailout of €36 million. Therefore, even after the Deputy knew all that, and it had been in the newspapers - I know he reads the papers - he still proposed a further cut of €3 million in CIE and €1.5 million in Bus Éireann.

As regards Deputy Ellis's point, the fuel rebate is being reinstated in July, but it will only make a small difference. It will not make the big difference that people think it will.

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