Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

I am enthused by the progress that has been made with BusConnects not only in Dublin but around the country. I support its roll-out to more of our towns. I also represent a constituency that probably has one of the largest amounts of house building in the country, Clonburris and Adamstown. When I look at the network redesign for Dublin and how BusConnects is being rolled out with great routes like the W4, the orbitals and local routes that have transformed towns like Lucan and Clondalkin, I worry that provision is not being made for sufficient capacity for the huge populations that will be in Adamstown, Clonburris, Citywest, Rathcoole, Saggart and all these places that are growing around the country. It feels like the buses are following the people after they are there as opposed to what we should be doing - I think the NTA is bought into this vision - which is creating the habit from the get-go, so that when someone moves into an area, bus transport is already available and operational. That is not the experience of new residents moving into Clonburris at the moment. It certainly was not the first experience of residents into Adamstown or of the residents who have moved there. I would like to hear the plans to deal with high-growth areas like Clonburris, Adamstown, Rathcoole, etc.