Mr. Hugh Creegan:

We are not denying the importance of this issue. That is why we put in the peak-hour service to deal with those working commuters. However, the point is that many people work in Blanchardstown town centre and they have a very poor connection there at the moment.

On the 264 route the Deputy mentioned, we put that forward because Littlepace is the biggest cul-de-sac we have in Dublin. The bus has to drive in, go down 500 m and come back out again to the main road. There is the possibility of connection going across, which we would be for buses only and not for any other form of transport. It would give a very quick connection from Dunboyne into Blanchardstown and onward services if they want it. We are proposing a 15-minute frequency all day which is a really good level of frequency for that service. We understand there are concerns about that and we will need to see if we get acceptance for this or not. It was put forward knowing there was resistance to it previously, but it was also put forward believing that from a bus transport design it is the right thing to do even if there are concerns about it locally.

The Deputy spoke about advertising of BusConnects on shelters. As we own the shelters, she may have seen some filler signs we put up because the advertising had not been sold. It depends on which month she was talking about. If it was over the summer, that is probably what she saw.