Mr. Hugh Creegan:

We are aware of commentary about some of the details we put forward in proposals about the Dublin cycling campaign. All that we have put out are concept designs. It is the first step in a long process before we end up with a final route where everything is honed to the nth degree. With regard to the standard we are using, we produce the National Cycle Manual, which I think cycling groups would recognise is a solid, well thought-through standard. We will apply that to the detailed design we do on all these corridors. As we evolve through the design process, people will see most of the issues we are identifying now being resolved. When we are trying to do 230km of design, it is concept level only and the final engineering details in their fine-tuned form will get them right at the next stage.

Deputy Ryan mentioned junctions and bus stops. Those both fall into that category. It is at the next stage we get the details of junctions to be as good as they can be. Details of bus stops are more difficult because there are two solutions and we sometimes do not have the space for the perfect solution, which is to bring the cycle route around the back of the bus stop, which I know most people would favour. If we have the space, we try to deal with it, and if we do not have the space, we cannot. We will fine tune that at the next stage.