Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will finish. You, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, know the situation where you are from. Ireland does not end at the Pale. People in rural Ireland are proud. They are not spongers. They want to pay their way. All they want is fair play in terms of rural transport. We only get €10 million for the entire country and Bus Éireann would spend that in an hour. As the Minister of State has seen from projects such as Ring a Link, community transport projects have proven their worth. I thank him for taking the time to visit the service in Kilkenny.

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