Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 370: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the occasions that he has taken a mainline train, commuter train or Luas in the course of his duties since assuming office. [34066/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I have used various methods of public transport in recent years where it was practical to do so. Living within the catchment area of the Luas, I use it from time to time as a most efficient means of travelling, using the green line. In my last post as Minister for Transport, I used mainline and commuter trains on several occasions to go to functions in Louth, Galway and Tipperary, and I used the Luas on both lines. For practical reasons, it is not always possible to use rail-based public transport, but I am conscious of the need to do so when it is possible.