Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Current Situation in Bus Éireann: Discussion
9:00 am
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source
The most important thing from a transport point of view is to co-operate on housing and because the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is leading in this area, and look at where it intends to build new houses. From our position, wherever housing expands, we must look at those areas and expand in those areas. When housing density increases, it affects transport and it is very important that any new estates or developments are serviced by transport. That is the most important area. Where the houses go, we follow.
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