Mr. Garret Doocey:

I thank the Deputy. He made two fair comments on those particular KPIs. On the first he mentioned, kilometres, it is important we keep a focus on delivery in terms of the number of kilometres we are delivering. He is also right to highlight the fact that we do not want isolated cycle tracks leading from nowhere to nowhere. It is more about the network these days. We need to get a balance between keeping an eye on the number of kilometres we are delivering but perhaps that might be best situated within the development of the networks. We will certainly take that away and reflect on what exactly would be an appropriate KPI on that one.

On the Dublin-centric nature of the second KPI, I agree completely we need to look at that and have a change. We have, thanks to our NTA colleagues, with the expansion of the walking and cycling index, potential to look at the other cities. We can also look at census data and develop a KPI more generally, rather than just that Dublin focus.