Mr. Kevin Doyle:

The relevant section is section 44 of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008. It relates to securing the provision of public transport infrastructure. At the moment, what section 44 provides is that the NTA shall arrange the functions set out in that section to be performed on its behalf in relation to railway, metro, light rail interchange facilities and other public transport infrastructure. Cycling schemes and other such matters could be included there as well. At the moment, the section refers to other public infrastructure which "immediately before the establishment day" was owned or under the control of a public transport authority. It concerns local authorities in particular. That would be included in the definition. Each of the BRT schemes that are under design at the moment envisage works on public roads developed after the establishment date of the NTA. For instance, the Swords bus rapid transit scheme will include the Glen Ellan Road extension north of Swords, but that extension was created after the establishment day. It is a technical amendment to delete "immediately before the establishment day" and to allow the NTA to carry out infrastructural works on those roads regardless of ownership or control before or after the establishment date.