Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach launched an action plan on regional and rural development this week to much fanfare. He spoke of revitalising towns and villages across the country. At the same time another arm of government is putting the vital transport infrastructure that these rural communities need at risk. In a reply to a parliamentary question to my colleague last week, it was indicated that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has never met the Rural Transport Network which is amazing. Will the Taoiseach direct the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the NTA to sit down with Bus Éireann and with the trade unions and bring this charade to an end, or is he content for another round of industrial unrest to undermine a vital national company and a vital resource for the communities across this country?

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