Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I thank the Deputy for his kind words. I was only thinking of him yesterday. I happened to be reading up on all the various parliamentary questions and so on. I was reading an update on the Castlemartyr and Killeagh bypasses. Hopefully in the not-too-distant future we are going to get where we want, that detailed report as to how we would address the traffic congestion in those two villages. The Deputy and I have had very good engagement over the last four years on that and other issues. I think he is right about Local Link and the Connecting Ireland services. It is transformative. Young people are flocking to it. That is what I notice around the country. There is a demand that was never understood. It is only when we provide the services that it comes out. People would have said there would be no demand or need for those services. Lo and behold, every time we provide decent public transport, people flock to it. Irish people are hungry for this kind of connectivity. I appreciate the Deputy's kind words in that regard.