Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Instead of using €600 million to make public transport free, we should use that €600 million to invest in public transport, to increase capacity, to have more buses and more trains more frequently, and to invest in rural public transport as well so that more people use it, not just so it becomes free. The solution to all our problems is not to tax everything and make it free. Rather, it is improving the quality of our services, including transport.

I will repeat what I said earlier. I am inspired and enthused by the fact that young people, students and school pupils are taking a real interest in climate action, that they are going to protest and that they are putting it up to all of us in all parties, and to all adults, to do more when it comes to climate action.

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