Naoise Ó Muirí (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government contains a solid and welcome commitment to active travel in the form of cycling and walking. How does this square with the disappointing 2025 active travel funding allocation for the city of Dublin, which the NTA has cut, from an initial allocation of €48 million in 2024 to €39.9 million in 2025? There is a 340 km active travel network coming for Dublin, with 35 km built so far and 80 km in design. Now is not the time to pull back on active travel investment if we want to continue to decarbonise transport and meet emission targets. I ask the Tánaiste to engage with the NTA with a view to restoring that funding so that the programme can continue to deliver for Dubliners.

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