Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)

Absolutely. In general terms, a huge amount of work has been done in the area of public transport, be it BusConnects, Local Link or the train network right across the country. We have a huge amount yet to do. We have to make it more efficient and more attractive. In particular, we have to give young people the experience they need so when they are going out into the workforce, their first project will not be to buy a car but to use public transport, which they have had a good experience of.

I look forward in my ministerial role, with my two ministerial colleagues, to continuing to develop the system, removing the parts of the public transport system that are not working and replacing them with a more efficient system for everybody.

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