Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for being so specific. I appreciate it.

A couple of issues are arising that are likely to affect the plans for the bus corridors, for example, large-scale developments. I support the encouragement of public transport, given the closeness of public transport. A proposed development in Terenure has 364 apartments and is likely to have nearly 1,000 residents, but only has 120 parking spaces. The plans for BusConnects are based on current and predicted traffic. There will be future growth. The development in question is only at the application stage, but were it to proceed, there would likely be an overspill of cars parked in the local area. On 4 May, I hounded the witnesses about the double yellow lines on Fortfield Road. We will need to return to a time of double yellow lines being needed because of an overspill of cars. Future elements will affect the effectiveness of BusConnects. There are concerns about that, which I hope that we will revert to. If the witnesses gave me a timeline on the three corridors, it would be great. If we were pursuing MetroLink, we would not have such concerns because it would not be on the road and would not be dependent on factors that we cannot-----