13-year-old Mayo boy impresses at Oireachtas committee
David told the committee that there was a lack of rail services in Ireland.
A 13-year-old boy from Co Mayo has criticised the lack of rail services in Ireland, at a recent Oireachtas committee meeting.
TDs and senators heard demands from children for action on climate change and biodiversity now, and not planning for the next ten years.
The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action was hearing from representatives from the Children and Young People's Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, which was held just over a year ago.
The assembly brought together 35 randomly selected children aged from seven to 17 and delivered 58 recommendations to protect and restore biodiversity in Ireland.
David told the committee that his mother submitted his application on the last day, leaving them "quite shocked but also excited" when he was offered a place on the assembly.
"We really need to have more trains up and running. I know there are plans for it, but it can't be planning for the next ten years," David told Oireachtas members. "We need it now."
"We had a train line running from, I think, Galway to Limerick nearly directly, but now if I was to go down to Limerick, because I family down there, I'd have to catch a train to Athlone first," he added. "That is long, slow, painful and indirect.
