Ms Eimear Fox:

A couple of comments were made on the safety element. The more activity you can get around transport options, the more eyes on the street and the more connectivity, then the more self-policing these areas can be. On the Luas, certainly I am working very closely on Luas Finglas. We are looking to get as much connectivity between different modes such as cycle networks and bus interchanges so we do not have a situation where you are standing on your own for half an hour if the bus is late. That is maybe outside one project but is looking at those connectivities. That means we then have a focus for transport and we can design that in the context of the public realm and of security. That interconnectivity also really ties into the patterns we know about of how women move. They might have a number of shorter journeys and it allows those inter-transport mode connections to be much more easily done. Again, where there are connections we need to ensure there are no ramps, steps or barriers to movement between them. Having that activity is one way we can look to address the security issues.