James Bannon (Fine Gael)

There are serious problems with the quality of school transport that must be addressed but the Government has not made any provision for it in the past decade. On the day the Kyoto Agreement comes into force the emissions from some of these buses are shameful. The Government should fund the rural transport initiative and ensure it is a lifelong process — we are all heading for old age and will want those facilities to be in place. We should also support those who currently use it.