Yes

I’m a student and it takes me way too long to get home then it should and it wastes a lot of peoples day stuck in traffic and is an inefficient way of using energy

Ireland would benefit hugely from increased productivity and economic output if public transport spending is increased, since less money will be spent on fuel and car maintenance and more on fares that will subsidise further public transport developments

According to the CSO, A train station was the closest public transport option for 253,462 people (5.3%). The nearest public transport stop had a minimum of 50 services on a normal weekday for 1.4 million people, (30% of the population), and 925,930 of these people were within 500 metres.
The Irish government haven’t been spending enough on the progression of transportation. Public transport is fundamental to a countries progression in infrastructure and constantly needs investment in order for a countries economy to continue to develop.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28322880/#:~:text=The%20results%20of%20this%20instrumental,preferences%2C%20amount%20of%20non-travel
A study for obesity when faced with more people using public transport;

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2021.721218/full
Walkability also helps the environment and makes cities more vibrant in the long-term;

The last time I was on a bus in Dublin City, I was appalled to think that while all these tax payers are stuck close together in a tight space, politicians are flying first class to a meeting abroad that they could have onlind