Mr. Hugh Creegan:

The Senator could be right, but that is the case. You would be left with a long walk between the metro station and the Luas green line so it would be a very poor interchange. We cannot tell elderly people that it is a good interchange because it is not. That is the first reason. The second is that the termination point at Charlemont in the current design allows for three things. The first is it allows for a connection to the green line in the future at the point when that is required. It could also be extended out to the south west of Dublin in the Rathfarnham, Terenure, Tallaght and Knocklyon direction. The line would also be capable of going to the south east of Dublin, towards UCD, if required.

They are decisions that can be made in the future but the termination-----