10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [53243/25]
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I want to ask about transport infrastructure, of which buses are the easiest, quickest and cheapest part to deploy. Every day, pretty much, I get emails about the state of the bus services in Ballycullen, Knocklyon and Rathfarnham. The 15 bus service is the busiest route in Dublin and the 15B is also grossly overcrowded. What is happening is that buses routinely fill up in the morning after the first few stops and then leave everyone behind at the later stops. This is a daily occurrence. One constituent says: I now leave home at 7.15 a.m. to get to work for 9 a.m. My home is exactly 5 miles from the GPO. Who is accountable for privatising the buses? I do not remember getting to vote on it. I'm going to lose my job if this goes on. A student says: Something needs to be done quickly. I am increasingly desperate, anxious that I will miss something like an exam or something far more important than just a lecture in the near future. For years, we have been promised that BusConnects is the answer but the A-spine is now delayed until the autumn of 2026 at the earliest, and it will likely be over capacity as soon as it starts. What is the Government planning to do to fix the bus service?
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21. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his engagement with President Zelenskyy. [53244/25]
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The Taoiseach's former Cabinet colleague and now preferred choice for President, Heather Humphreys, took part in a radio debate about a week ago during which she said that Irish troops should not be stopped from being sent to Ukraine by a Russian veto. Is that the Taoiseach's position? Is he in favour of sending Irish troops to Ukraine without Russian consent? Doing so would mean placing their lives in very serious danger because they would be seen as hostile forces by Russia if they were sent there despite its opposition. It would also presumably mean that there would be no peace agreement. They would not be peacekeeping troops. In other words, they would be part of a NATO- or EU-led military intervention rather than an international peacekeeping force. To be clear, I am opposed to the Russian invasion. I call for Russia's unconditional withdrawal. I call for the right of ordinary people in Ukraine to decide, but I am against Irish troops----
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The right of ordinary people in Ukraine to decide what their future is. I am against sending Irish troops to participate----
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That is why I am calling for the immediate, unconditional----
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How is it? I am calling for people----
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I appeal to the Chair to stop the Taoiseach from intervening.
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I will restate my basic points. I am opposed to the criminal invasion. I call for the immediate withdrawal of all forces. It is the right of Ukrainian people to decide their future; it is not for Russia to decide. I am against sending Irish troops to participate in a war against Russia in Ukraine. I am asking the Taoiseach whether he agrees with his candidate in the presidential election that this is what we should do.
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I did. I am asking you a question.
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I am asking you a question.
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Feel free to answer the question.
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I did not mention conscription.
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The Taoiseach is getting ahead of himself.
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Who is your presidential candidate? The Taoiseach can criticise her, no problem.
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No.
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I condemn.
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I have said it a million times.
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When I was in the European Parliament, I spoke about Russia and Putin-----
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-----five or six times and Fianna Fáil MEPs did not mention Putin once. I checked the record on that.
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Jesus.
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He says hopefully.
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