Cllr Richard Daly of Fine Gael described as “disingenuous” the behaviour of Kildare’s government TDs who last week “took a trip” on rural Transport buses while at the same time their government is proposing the axing of this service.
“ It is really the general public who were being taken for a spin” claimed Cllr Daly when we see on one hand the Fianna Fail TDs telling us the value of the rural transport scheme while at the same time they will vote with their party when the time comes to end the service. If they genuinely wanted the service to continue the threat of the four Kildare Fianna Fail TDs alone would be strong enough to ensure its continuation.
For too long and on too many issues we have heard the government deputies claim that they support various issues but what can they do. The answer is very simple. They can vote against the measures that they oppose.
Deputies Power and O’Fearghail know who uses the rural transport scheme and it is the marginalised and isolated of our community. It is the elderly and the rural citizens who didn’t hear the Celtic Tiger growl. These deputies know what the loss of the scheme will mean to their constituents and they hold the power to speak out and vote on behalf of their people.”
“The silence of our government deputies has been deafening on the closure of St Camillus’s ward in St Vincent’s hospital and now as another assault on our elderly is being proposed I am asking our deputies to put people before party and vote to protect the rights of our citizens particularly our marginalised” he added
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