Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

I thank the Minister and his team for coming in. I have a few topics. I will start with something that will not surprise the Minister, which is light rail, the Luas and generally. Going through the Estimates I did not see a line item on the number of new trams. Maybe that is covered under one of the headings. I would like clarification on that, because this is in acute demand in my area. On the red Luas line, there is definitely an increased and unmet demand and new trams would be good there. I am also pleased to see that Luas Lucan is a priority for the Department alongside the delivery of public transport infrastructure. Something I raised with the Minister in the Dáil last night was on whether there is any willingness or inclination in the Department to develop a Luas project office. We will see this extension and the expansion of the network over time, and it makes sense to scale that expertise because there will a rapid development of Luas extensions across the piece.