Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a few for Mr. Ray Coyne as well. Mr. Coyne mentioned the 40L bus routes, which is of interest to my constituency and to me. I am probably in a unique position in that I am the only Deputy who takes Dublin Bus every day to get to work. In fact, the No. 11 handily drops me right outside the door and despite going through College Green, is a great service. The 40L bus route has been mooted for a little while. I, first, became aware of it in December and campaigned for it before that. Do we have an indication as to when it will be introduced, what the exact route will be, what the frequency of the service will be and how it will be promoted? I am conscious that sometimes new routes - this one will be beneficial and will be exactly what we want to see, which is integrated public transport between Dublin Bus and Transdev which is great - are not promoted correctly and die on their feet. I am not saying that is the recent experience but certainly in the past, that has happened. I would be curious to hear about the promotion piece in particular as well and when it will be introduced because we could be promoting it right here and right now if we had a date for introduction.

The city centre fare was abolished recently. What was the rationale behind that? We may come back later to Mr. Coyne's own views on whether the rerouting of ten buses at College Green will make a substantive difference to the experience there.

Finally, for Transdev, I seek Mr. Lunden-Welden's views on what has been proposed in the Project Ireland 2040 plan regarding the potential expansion of the operations, in particular to Finglas, which I understand is to be the prioritised line of the four potential expanded lines. I would be curious to hear whether Transdev has ongoing consultation with the NTA in that regard.

Similarly, what are Transdev's views on O'Connell Street and the Luas operations there? With regard to the current operation, it goes down Marlborough Street-----