Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I understand. I thank Mr. Coyne and I will engage with him.

I have two points. One is on Metro South West. Obviously, the leaders in that are Pauline Foster and Séan Ward. Many of the residents associations are within my home constituency of Dublin South Central. It is a very supportive and huge population being left without adequate public transport, even with BusConnects as it falls. I am in full support of that. I note that Mr. Coyne is as well, so I would welcome his comments on that.

Lastly, a little bit aligned to what Deputy Higgins said, people articulating their real concerns that their quality of life will be seriously diminished does not mean they are not very supportive of public transport. The two are not mutually exclusive. It is very important. I think the wrong message could have come out of this meeting, to be perfectly honest and I would be disappointed in that. People are entitled to this. In my area, there are three corridors that will absolutely cripple what are now strictly residential areas and their voices are not being heard. If they raise their voices or express themselves, they are actually jumped on by many of the lobbyists out there. It does not mean they are anti-cycling or anti any of those things. They are very much in favour of public transport, but they also need their quality of life. That point needs to be made. Not everybody is in opposition, but they have a right to lobby for their own quality of life.