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1. 24 September 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

   Deputy Jerry Buttimer The significant point is that our PSO programme funds public transport services, both bus and rail, and as we know, it is composed of Exchequer funding and fares. The Deputy is right and the priority for us, working with the NTA, is to deliver on BusConnects so that it takes people out of their cars and onto the bus network. I have seen it in my own city of Cork. In the past couple of weeks, with colleges and schools back open, there has been an increased volume of traffi

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2. 24 September 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

   Deputy Jerry Buttimer I was in Carlingford over the summer, which is a beautiful spot. Regarding the Deputy's point about passenger numbers, the numbers using the regular rural service have increased by 72%.

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3. 24 September 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

   Deputy Jerry Buttimer If we put in investment aligned with the interest, people will travel. As the Deputy said, it is about tourism and economic opportunity but also about getting people from A to B. It goes back to the discussion that I had with Deputy Gould this morning about getting people out of their cars and onto buses. I will work with Deputy McGreehan on that.

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4. 24 September 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

   Deputy Jerry Buttimer I am not going to have that particular row with the Deputy on the floor of House, but I want to make it quite to clear to him that the budgetary negotiations are ongoing. They have not concluded. The budget is on 6 October. We are very much committed to enhancing services, and an unprecedented €940 million allocation for PSO services in the budget of 2026, which was a 43% uplift, is by anyone's standard "ambition". That is called wanting to see an expansion of the services

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5. 24 September 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

   Deputy Jerry Buttimer I thank the Deputy for her ongoing support for public transport in Louth and other places in rural Ireland. This question deserves attention in terms of the progress we have made in rural transport. As the Deputy knows, it is one of the key points of our programme for Government. The Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and I are very much committed to balanced regional investment being designated as a core principle in the national development plan, NDP, sector

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