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

That would be appropriate and members would appreciate it. Many of us attended the departmental consultation in the Mansion House in recent weeks. Many of us have interest in these matters outside of the hearings. That would be useful and beneficial to everybody, including the NTA. I would be curious to hear the thoughts of the witness on that as well.

There are other aspects of the public consultation, as it stands, that are practical, outside of the garden aspect. On a more practical question, is there a decided sequence for the roll-out of the routes? There are 16 potential routes. Will they all be constructed at the same time? Will they be done one at a time? If they are to be done one at the same time, which order will they be in? This is proposed for the September to October consultation, I imagine, but how will existing Dublin Bus services interact with this? Will there be a crossover period? I presume the routes will be amended and the amendment of the routes is within the NTA's remit. How is that process likely to be handled?

Some media were reporting the BusConnects route or map, as a Dublin Bus service expansion, as though it was a given that Dublin Bus would be operating it. I presume it would have to go to tender but perhaps the witnesses can comment on whether or not that is the case?

Much was done in Dublin city that was planned around the initial three BRT mooted routes, which were proposed in 2014 or 2015. Much development work has taken place on lands, based on the Swords to city centre stretch, in particular. Many planning permissions have been given, etc., based on the strength of the BRT running along there. The current BRT plan proposes an amendment to that. What was the rationale for that deviation, given that was a long-standing, publicly flagged route in the previous round of consultation? I would be curious to hear the witnesses thoughts on that.

We face big challenges. I realise the garden aspect is the one that has caught much of the public's imagination but anything that gives public transport in Dublin a real shake-up is to be welcomed cautiously, if we can iron out the rough edges in it. Hopefully, our two esteemed members of the NTA can give some answers to those questions.