Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy and I are in agreement. My assessment is that Dublin needs a substantial number of new buses on routes and Transport 21 provides for a 60% expansion of the city's bus network. I received the bus network review for Dublin just last Thursday. This document is central to any action one might take in the Dublin area as one must know where the network is likely to grow. For several months I have, with some frustration, sought this core document.

In parallel, the drafting of proposals from Professor O'Mahony's establishment team for the Dublin transport authority is already under way. It is more than prudent to await this report because, as the Deputy will agree, all transport issues in Dublin need to come within the remit of a single body. Some of the issues to which the Deputy referred may well become the responsibility of the Dublin transport authority but I will wait until I receive the final report before making a decision.

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