Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Under the Minister's climate action plan, we will see the possible banning of cars from city and town centres but to achieve that a viable public transport system will be needed, yet only 20% of the transport budget goes on public transport and only 2.9% of journeys in Ireland are made by rail. The people of Navan would like to have a rail line, which would reduce car congestion on a road that the Minister knows well, given that he comes from Dunboyne. As a fellow Meath man, will he use his influence to bring about the possibility of bringing the Government review of the Navan rail line forward from 2021 because the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has shown no interest in the project?

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