Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Sticking on that idea of the commuter experience, one proposal I welcome in the new programme for Government is the proposal for a transport security force. Many of us who have had a negative experience on public transport, particularly because of the location as you can be isolated in a train or Luas carriage, know it can be hard to get out of those situations. That is why we need a transport police. That is something the Green Party suggested in its manifesto. Will the Minister tell us about his ambition for this particular force? When does he expect to first see officers in trains or on buses? What scale of force is he thinking about, and is it just for buses or does he see it on all types of services around the country?

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