Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I note that Deputy Mick Barry has noted lots of things. I hope he reads the document published yesterday about realising the potential of rural Ireland. It was never the intention that every single town and village in the entire country would be provided with transport. It is the intention, in so far as possible, that where communities come together and where the position whereby transport is currently supplied by Bus Éireann is - for whatever reason arising from the discussions that take place between management and unions - changed, services will have to be supplied in a different way. The document draws together all the different programmes and agendas that have been there for a long time and puts them under the control and assessment of a senior Cabinet Ministry for rural affairs. It is one of the central features of the document, which is a worthwhile read. When the Deputy has read it, he can note that there are lots of things in it.

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