Ms Deirdre Hanlon:

On the park-and-ride issue, the NTA which was mentioned earlier, is on the cusp of setting up its new offices. As part of this work it will pull together and refresh its strategy on park-and-ride centres and where they will be located. It has done work on this in the past because many have been developed previously and some plans are afoot. With the establishment of the new office, the authority will inject more momentum and impetus into what it is doing in that space. I expect there to be publication of a refreshed strategy and plans in respect of that in the coming months.

A further initiative might be of interest is a programme that it runs called smarter travel workplaces and campuses. For large employers such as a hospital, university or very large company, the NTA goes in and assists the employer and the staff in trying to plan the commuting that so many people are doing into that hub, how they get there and get home. It is about trying to assist them in initiatives that they can plan for in facilities that might be provided at the centre, and about information on the types of options, including public transport, that are available. I believe the major hospitals are part of that initiative with the NTA.

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