Mr. Hugh Creegan:

If extra funding was provided to deliver it, nobody is going to turn down the delivery.

The Deputy also asked about co-ordination between Dublin Bus and the Bus Connects project. It is worth saying that Dublin Bus has been an integral part of the redesign of the bus services.

The design team, the NTA and Dublin Bus have collaboratively and co-operatively worked though the redesign, which we are going to put out to public consultation in July. It is not that this is being done separately. We will be looking for them to operate this system as soon as we implement it.

Dublin Bus operates services under a contract with the National Transport Authority. Under statute we have responsibility for the provision of public transport and any changes need to be planned and implemented as required.