Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports the abolition of fees for park-and-ride facilities at outer public transport stops, such as the Red Cow and Cheeverstown, to incentivise greater use of public transport and reduce car dependency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43108/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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As the Deputy knows I’m a firm believer in public transport and its potential to improve people’s lives and contribute to emissions reduction.

I agree that we need to incentivise more people to use public transport.

That’s why this Government has supported –

• A reduction in public transport fares by 20% for all passengers;
• The introduction of the new Young Adults Card further reducing fares by 50% for younger adults;
• The introduction of the TFI90 fare;
• The roll-out of new BusConnects Dublin services, increasing frequencies and expanding routes;
• The roll-out of new Connecting Ireland services, increasing frequencies and introducing new services to parts of rural Ireland that have never had reliable public transport;
• The roll-out of new town services in places like Carlow and the enhancement of existing town services in places like Athlone;
• Investment in bus and rail fleet, increasing the attractiveness of our public transport network;
• The continued development of new public transport infrastructure like the BusConnects projects in every city, DART+, Cork Commuter Rail and MetroLink.