Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I refer the Deputy to my answer to the Priority Question No. 127. I have touched on the Supplementary Estimate I brought in the purpose of which is to address the points the Deputy has raised. Some additional points are pertinent to the question he has put to me on public transport use and integration. Since 2011, €143 million has been topped up on Leap cards. For 2014 alone, that was €77 million, with 61 million journeys taken via Leap cards across last year.

The Deputy put to me a question on the greater Dublin area. I looked at that question in the context of Kildare and some of the services that are available. There have been no changes to the Kildare rail service since January 2013.

The number of passengers on the Kildare line in the first three quarters of 2013, which is the most recent figure available to me, was 1.3 million compared to 1.28 million in the same period in 2013, which is an increase of 1.5% over the year.

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