Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I constantly answer questions on this, not just here but in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport. I think the Deputy will find that no other Minister has attended so often to answer questions specifically on the transport budget and other ancillary issues. I am willing to do so at any time. I am willing to converse with the Deputy, to receive delegations and engage about it at any stage.

If the Deputy does not believe it is ambitious, he should say so. I have said that in both the tourism and transport sectors we will spend large sums of money on infrastructure in the coming years. We have seriously ambitious plans. The Deputy should tell me if there is no imagination in the BusConnects project. There is imagination along with €800 million in funds to be spent there. The Deputy should tell me if there is no ambition in the tourism area and we can then address issues that are dear to the Deputy's heart. Additional money will not only be spent on the greenways, but also on new brands on tourism as well as going into well-established projects there.

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