Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When it comes to metro, Luas and BusConnects, the way it works is that there is a public consultation process. The NTA goes out with a design and anyone can make a submission. I have given it my views and I imagine the Deputy has done the same.

It is not for me to ask them on the Deputy's behalf. He can make a submission himself and the National Transport Authority will come back with its revised plans on metro in due course.

It is not true to say that tunnelling is cheap once the machine is put in the ground. It is actually very expensive, and the underground stations are very expensive too. It is not just a case of Thomas the Tank Engine going underground and tunnelling along. We have to build station boxes and do many different things.

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