Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I sympathise with the Deputy in what he is saying. Some of the changes, as portrayed, will not be suitable. Every Deputy should take seriously the point that there has been widespread consultation. A large number of meetings have been held throughout the Dublin region to accommodate people who have difficulties. Some of the concerns being expressed are totally justified and some will be considered by the NTA sympathetically, particularly where communities are being cut off or inconvenienced unacceptably. From my conversations with the NTA when it made the presentations and the feedback I am getting at the consultations, there is real dialogue on BusConnects, with the result that where there are real difficulties and a large number of people encountering problems, there will be some adjustments made.

See this speech in context