Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to tell the Deputy that I do not have a State car, I have my own car.

I have visited the islands. Last year, I had the pleasure of attending a wedding on Clare Island and I got an opportunity to see first-hand the difficulties people face. When I was on staycation in Donegal this year, I took the opportunity to go to Arranmore. I took a tour of the island and I saw first-hand the difficulties they face there. I have a certain understanding of what it is like to live in rural Ireland but to live on an island certainly presents many more challenges. I was chatting to the people on Arranmore and I thought that if I had a teenager who wanted to go to the cinema, they would have to get a boat and go to the mainland, and then drive over an hour to get to Letterkenny. The example the Deputy gives about Inishbofin is similar. I am obviously reading into this brief on the islands again.

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