5. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach for an update on the first progress report of Climate Action Plan 2025. [8092/26]

Sentiment score: 0.14

The provision of public transport should play a huge part in climate action. Unfortunately, in my constituency of Wicklow, Go-Ahead provides many of our services. It is just not up to scratch. It is plagued with problems in providing the service. There are ghost buses and buses that will just drive by people and not pick them up, particularly teenagers. We have buses that refuse to go on the predetermined route. They will actually bypass a road they are meant to go down and instead just drive to the nearest village. I will tell the Taoiseach how bad this is. I am really annoyed with this. There is a young lady in my constituency who has intellectual and physical disabilities. She got on her bus from her day service. That bus was meant to go down her road. Again, the bus driver refused to go down and brought her to the next village. It was dark, it was lashing rain, and that bus driver put her out when he got to Newcastle village and would not bring her back to Kilcoole. She was left on the side of the road by herself. It is not acceptable. The service Go-Ahead is providing is not sufficient. I ask that the Taoiseach look at the contract that was provided to it because it has never once provided a sufficient service in Wicklow.

Sentiment score: -0.10

34. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach his assessment of and response to the NESC report, Connecting People to the Energy Transition. [9925/26]

Sentiment score: 0.09