Mr. Hugh Creegan:

On the Chairman's question, BusConnects includes the objective of park and ride facilities at various locations around the perimeter of the city. We have not done a lot of work on them because until such time as the bus lanes have been put in place to ensure people can travel quickly from those parking sites, they will not work. We will work on them in the not too distant future because once we have done the investment in the bus lanes we will want to maximise what they can achieve.

On the congestion issues at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre and how BusConnects will work there - an issue that has arisen again and again in the consultations - the proposals we published provide for continuous bus lanes for the bus in and out of that hub. While there will be congestion in Blanchardstown town centre, the bus will get in and out of it via a bus lane because it should be free of traffic, assuming it is enforced properly. The plans for those bus lanes are in the published document.