The programme for Government contains a solid and welcome commitment to active travel in the form of cycling and walking. How does this square with the disappointing 2025 active travel funding allocation for the city of Dublin, which the NTA has cut, from an initial allocation of €48 million in 2024 to €39.9 million in 2025? There is a 340 km active travel network coming for Dublin, with 35 km built so far and 80 km in design. Now is not the time to pull back on active travel investment if we want to continue to de…

Is é seo an chéad uair domsa labhairt sa Dáil agus mar sin ba mhaith liom buíochas ó chroí a ghabhadh le mo chlann, leo siúd a thug tacaíocht dom agus le muintir Bhaile Átha Cliath thuaidh a chaith vótaí ar mo shon le scór bliana anuas. After 20 years representing Dublin’s northside at local level, it is a huge honour for me to have been elected to Dáil Éireann. Fíche bliain ag fás, as they say. I thank my family, supporters and the good people of Dublin Bay North for putting an engineer in the Dáil to represent th…