Mr. Garret Doocey:

I can speak about one or two of those issues and Ms Graham and Mr. Creegan can comment on the details of specific aspects. On Local Link and Connecting Ireland generally, the Deputy is right. Earlier this year, the Government approved the business case for Connecting Ireland, which was launched towards the end of last year. The service is continuing into this year. There has been a massive expansion in Local Link services supported by increased funding, the likes of which has probably never gone into rural public transport before. Lots of services are being rolled out - effectively one a week this year. Ms Graham may provide some details about County Cavan.

On DMURS, I note the Deputy's comment on the roll-out of temporary infrastructure as part of the COVID-19 response. There was a DMURS interim advice note at that time which supplemented the core DMURS guidance. It called for consideration particularly of the impact of some of those temporary measures. It has been updated or superseded by the sustainable mobility policy, in which high-level goal No. 6 is to take a whole-of-journey approach to mobility, promoting inclusive access for all and issues such as those with decluttering footpaths, etc., are specifically referenced in the new policy framework. That will feed its way through into the likes of DMURS advice in the future. I ask my colleague from the NTA to comment on the specifics.