Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion

Professor Brian Caulfield:

That will be a quicker win. That goes back to what we spoke about earlier in order to get the public transport and bus services around BusConnects. That is then bringing in the stick as well, where we start to remove right-of-way for private cars in our towns and cities. That will come together with it. However, in regard to BusConnects in Dublin, for example, a lot of construction will happen with that as well as with BusConnects in Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway. The timelines on those are towards the end of the decade because of the current planning framework, the current capacity and because of the wider local political support around these projects. They are very difficult to deliver.