Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is right. The first BusConnects projects are going through the planning system in Dublin as we speak. We are already starting to see some of the benefits even before the core corridor infrastructure changes. With the introduction of the H-spine to Howth, the C-spine to Lucan and others, for example, we are seeing increased patronage, better services and so on. We have often seen an inability to deliver infrastructure, particularly in a timely manner. We are restricted in what can be done and everything is subject to such judicial review that nothing gets done. This Bill is designed within the proper limits of our planning system and so on to give our local authorities and the NTA the ability to progress what we need to do.