Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion

Mr. Ray Coyne:

It is a fair comment. Again, the priority is laid out by the NTA. It determines which phases of BusConnects come in, so the routes will be part of BusConnects. It is then on the investment that is available to the NTA from Government. I live in Dublin 15 and I would love a direct public transport service to the airport. However, unfortunately, I am not now in a position to be able to tell the Senator we can readjust timelines. That is a matter for the NTA. It is good that there is recognition of those orbital routes. We are implementing orbital routes now and I think the success of the early ones may be an opportunity to show people that where there are new routes involved, additional passenger transport comes.

That is all modal shift and that could be a point there to expedite orbital services.

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