Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Senator is right that the whole thing has to be integrated and connected. The call for Local Link to bring people to the train stations is an important aspect of this. It is something I will bring back to the Minister, Deputy Ryan. I understand the wait is a challenge but, as the Senator says, this is good news for these towns. I hope it is the start of something we will see rolled out further.

I remind Senators that more and more people are using public transport. I think the reduction of fares we have seen over recent years has been a real driver of that, but also, people are changing. We have a young man from Portarlington in the Gallery. I trust he got the train up from Portarlington because that is a very good service too.

I thank the Senator for the Commencement matter. This is a good news story.