Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am just telling the Deputy I will not. I do not know and I will not do anything about it. That planning process is something which is sacrosanct and I will not interfere with it.

With regard to new buses and BusConnects, there is an investment of more than €750 million. The Deputy said it will not happen until 2027. The public consultation on the core bus corridors will be starting in a couple of months. The public consultation on the redesigned bus network for BusConnects will happen in the third quarter of 2018. The public consultation on core corridors at the detailed level will happen in the third quarter of 2018. The submission of the application of BusConnects to An Bord Pleanála will happen certainly in 2019. The implementation of BusConnects redesigned services will be in 2019 and the commenced construction of core bus corridors will be in 2021. That is a long way from 2027.

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