Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to focus on two issues. Mr. Kent will be aware that we wrote to him as a committee about the Limerick to Dublin Expressway service, specifically the X12 route. Can Bus Éireann see a way to restoring that route or is that a decision for the NTA?

On the Limerick-Shannon metropolitan area plan, Bus Éireann took part in a public consultation I held on that particular plan. Ms Anne Graham of the NTA was before the committee last week. The NTA has agreed to do a further round of public consultation with a revised draft plan. Has Bus Éireann had any interaction with the NTA on the further revised draft plan to go out to public consultation in Limerick in April? Furthermore, Mr. Kent spoke about increasing the footprint of routes around the urban area of Limerick from 12 km to 84 km. What is the status of that at the moment and how will it fit into the roll-out of BusConnects formally in Limerick?