Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask my question again. Is the Tánaiste prepared to fight for public transport at the Cabinet table? She talks about engaging. Will she engage proactively with the NTA and Bus Éireann to ensure funding is put in place to protect those routes beyond June and the forthcoming by-election in Carlow-Kilkenny, about which she obviously has some concerns? Will she give a commitment today that she is prepared to engage proactively to ensure the funding is put in place to retain these routes and if additional funding is required to designate them as public service obligation routes? It would show some level of respect for the people she hoodwinked in advance of the last election, when she promised an office of public transport. She gave the impression that she would support the public transport infrastructure, but she has failed to do so thus far.

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