Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 22:

In page 9, lines 2 and 3, to delete "on or in the vicinity of the proposed route".

This relates again to the issue of networks. Concerns have been raised by people in the transport industry who believe the network is the key element we have to consider when we make plans for the development of public transport. The network does not comprise a collection of unintegrated services and the authority, therefore, would need the powers to reject licences for services that would compete adversely with the core network and not just for services parallel to specific routes. The issue again is the protection and maintenance of the network.

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