9. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on plans to implement the Dublin city task force recommendations. [6089/25]
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The Dublin city centre task force recommends improving public transport by implementing the city centre transport plan. How on earth does the Taoiseach think this is compatible with outsourcing more and more routes to private companies like Go-Ahead Ireland, which has been a disaster for commuters? Workers and students in Tallaght, Knocklyon and Rathfarnham have had their lives turned upside down by the number of no-show buses and ghost buses run by Go-Ahead Ireland. The S6, S8 and S4, all of which are run by Go-Ahead Ireland, are totally unreliable. I have talked to countless people over the past couple of weeks who said they have had to get taxis multiple times to work and can no longer take public transport to work because they do not know whether it will arrive on time. They are waiting on a bus and it does not show for a couple of hours because various buses simply do not appear. Yet Go-Ahead Ireland has been rewarded by winning another contract - the so-called ODMA, which is a series of different routes worth €50 million. The bottom line issue is that Go-Ahead Ireland cannot recruit the mechanics to fix the buses because it makes profits by paying the mechanics less than Dublin Bus pays them. Privatisation is a disaster for workers, commuters and our environment. Will the Taoiseach instruct the NTA to return the bus routes to Dublin Bus?
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19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on any recent discussions with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. [6088/25]
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As we speak, representatives of two big imperialist powers are sitting down in Saudi Arabia to decide the future of Ukraine - to carve it up without any Ukrainian representatives even being present. It is illustrative of the fact that the world we live in is increasingly divided between these big imperialist powers and their rivalries and it underlines the need for Ireland to be a consistent voice against imperialism and oppression and for peace. The Ukrainian people have suffered throughout all of this. They have suffered throughout the horrendous invasion by Russia and now the US is willing to use them, willing to see Ukrainian people suffer in order to attempt to weaken Russia and then for it to walk away when the US, under Trump, decides to pivot to Asia. Their interests have always been at the last of this. What is ironic is that the invasion of Ukraine was used in this country to drive an agenda of militarisation, with people saying we needed to align with the US and align with NATO. The coming to an end of this war will now be used to say we need to align and be part of some sort of European process of militarisation. I have a concrete question. Starmer has said he is willing to send British troops on the ground to Ukraine. Simon Harris has not ruled out Irish troops being sent. Will the Taoiseach rule out sending troops abroad? Will he say we will not be sending military aid, whether it is lethal or so-called "non-lethal", for an armed conflict?
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Can we give the Taoiseach more time?
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Can we take time from the third grouping?
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It is not happening.
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It is not happening.
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