Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I did not use the Government jet to go to Glasgow. Given the sheer number of people staying in the city, we stayed in Edinburgh and made the journey down. There are enormous crowds in Glasgow for COP26, with enormous interest from NGOs and so on. The Government jet is not being used that frequently, not by design, to be frank, because we do need to get to meetings and get back to be in this House and elsewhere, but because of its frequent need for maintenance and so on.

I hear what the Deputy is saying in terms of carbon-efficient travel. Earlier this week, the Minister, Deputy Ryan, published a very interesting and significant set of proposals around rural transport. We have to develop active transport and there are very significant resources going in behind that. I think we will transform this country because of Government decisions on greenways, cycle routes and walking routes. That will be very important for the future.

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