Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 December 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion

1:30 pm

Mr. Hugh Creegan:

Let us take it away and consider that suggestion to see how we can do it. We want to meet the need. If that requires us to split, we will not deny that. The Deputy asked if there were any plans for a second meeting. The short answer is "yes". This is not intended to be a one-off meeting. We did not set a date for the second meeting because the idea was that at the first meeting, there would be a discussion of how frequently we would meet and when the next meeting would be.

Terms of reference were raised. They are very short, being half a page of bullet points. We are happy to circulate them to the committee. The essence of them is to facilitate a two-way dialogue process. It allows us to provide information more directly to people who are directly affected by the proposals and to answer people's queries. Just as importantly, it allows people to give feedback and suggestions. I am not blindly saying we will follow all the suggestions we will get. I think Deputy Shortall asked if the proposals are cast in stone and if we are not for changing. They are not cast in stone. If there are good ideas and ways to do it better, we are in the market to do so. There is a very difficult set of proposals in various places and if people have better ideas to make it better, we will change it.

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