Mr. Hugh Creegan:

I did not mean to mislead the Deputy that the census was the only source of information we use. We have anonymised data from the census which gives travel patterns across the city and is very useful for various matters, but we have a great deal of data on top of that. We have the boarding information at all the bus stops across the Dublin region. Other information includes the density levels of population in various locations and that is mapped out in the main report.

Equally the employment distribution across the whole Dublin region is mapped out in the report. There is no single source of information that says that is the only thing needed to design this. We need to touch on all of them. We have a treasure trove of information. Part of the problem is getting to the core of the issue and trying to deal with it.