An overview of all parties’ manifestos — with a focus on sustainable transport — can be found here.
Below are the transport-related mentions which were used to form the overview. It is provided here not as a review but as an accessible record of the transport commitments. For any formatting etc issues, please refer to the PDF version linked to (in the party name) below.
People Before Profit’s manifesto is 41 pages long and has around 280 words related to transport.
Links to other pages:
| Overview with parties compared |
| Fianna Fáil |
| Sinn Féin |
| Fine Gael |
| Social Democrats |
| Labour |
| Green Party |
When mentioning climate target fines, the party suggested that this funding should be spent on action rather than fines:
The government has also failed in relation to the Climate and Biodiversity crisis and has not taken the measures which would lead to the cuts in emissions we need to avoid warming in excess of 1.5 degrees and protect our environment. It faces large penalties, which could be over €8 billion up to 2030, through fines and buying carbon credits. These resources could be more usefully spent on taking the action we need to expand renewables, retrofit homes, expand public transport and make it free and to cut the national herd.
PBP’s main section on transport said:
- Abolish charges at Park & Ride facilities and abolish M50 and East Link tolls;
- Abolish fares on all public transportation services and publicly contracted commercial services;
- Double capital investment in public transport infrastructure and allocate €500 million towards rapid expansion of bus services;
- Provide free school transport for all who need it;
- Invest in cycling and active travel including in accessible infrastructure such as step-free crossings at all junctions and longer pedestrian crossing times;
- Involve disabled people’s organisations and disability rights advocates in consultation at all levels;
- Fast track all rail and infrastructure projects. Double capital investment in public transport to reignite and expedite important light rail projects in Dublin;
- Use billions of euros currently allocated to the Future Ireland Fund for capital investment in implementing the recommendations of the All-Island Rail Review and to build LUAS lines in Cork, Limerick and Galway;
- Support a new feasibility study being carried out into continuing the MetroLink from the city to South West Dublin;
Under the title ‘Making a Difference: Fighting for Price Controls’, PBP commits to:
To cap petrol and diesel prices including scrapping the carbon tax and reversing excise duty hikes.
The party said it has “proposed a number of Bills in the Dail to address the Climate Crisis and stop the use of fossil fuels” including:
Prohibition of Fossil Fuel Advertising Bill 2024 which aimed to ban advertising of fossil fuels and fossil fuelled vehicles;