Mr. Garret Doocey:

In terms of the issues the Deputy has outlined, I will not specifically deal with the university in question but with the challenges we face. In Ireland, we have faced significant challenges in co-ordinating investment and having plan-led development. That has not happened in Ireland in the past. That is why we have areas such as north Kildare and west Dublin where housing development after housing development has been developed ahead of the supporting infrastructure. What do we do to address that? There are examples of good practice, such as Clonburris, Adamstown and Hansfield. Areas are identified in reports the Department has published in conjunction with the NTA, the LDA and so on to be used for future large-scale housing delivery. There is investment focused on infrastructure to serve those areas. We are in a relatively good place. We are ahead of the curve on that. That is why the sectoral plan, the investment we have put in, and the likes of BusConnects, DART+ and MetroLink speak to those blobs on the maps we have produced that will enable large-scale housing infrastructure delivery. Specific issues like bus services and access to Maynooth University are matters for the NTA, which deals with institutions like Maynooth University in conjunction with the transport operators to see what can be put in to deal with issues arising at the local level.