Mr. Hugh Creegan:

And to also have a conversation with a garda before doing it. On the question of whether there are plans for other bus lanes and future phases, these are not the only corridors that should have bus lanes on them. There needs to be more in Dublin. Deputy Lahart asked about urban bus corridors. We do want to provide urban corridors and they are part of the transport strategy but as we have to start somewhere we are staring with the radial routes into the city centre. When that work is completed we will see what else can be added.

On the bus network redesign, the submissions and the level of change, the comment made at the time was that up to 15% was easy to accommodate but above 15% the concept of the system began to unravel. Our job is to work through the submissions received and to identify the changes that address the issues raised. We are not looking at a percentage; we are looking at how we address the issues raised. Whatever that number comes out at, so be it.

On growth projections and what planning is being made to allow for future growth, BusConnects is at the heart of growth. We are trying to put in place the infrastructure and, ultimately, improved services with which people are happy, that can be scaled up to cater for additional growth areas, which I know exist in Dublin 15.