Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I heard the two different points the Deputy made. My priority is to find a way to significantly improve public transport access on the north side of our city in a way that will benefit many of the communities to which the Deputy referred. This means there are other initiatives that I, or any future transport Minister, will not be able to do for some time, given that it will require investment to put in place new public transport access for the north side of Dublin.

Regarding the Malahide Road, my Department has not received a proposal on it, although some costings or work may have been done a number of years ago. I will soon meet the two local authorities regarding other transport matters and I will raise it with them and see where the matter stands. I know that part of the city well and, while there is a need to improve our public transport access overall, I am familiar with the quality of some of the roads to which the Deputy referred. I thank the Deputy for raising the issue.

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