Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There obviously have been considerations of the route in the south-west direction, by which I take it the Deputy means Rathfarnham, Terenure, Tallaght and that direction. Those considerations have been made on a thorough basis and the judgment has been made that there is not the population there to merit a Luas extension to there at present.

There are plenty of other candidates for Luas extension. There are plenty of others which are in the transport strategy as well which the Deputy would be aware of. They include the Luas green line to Bray, the Luas cross city to Finglas and the Luas to Poolbeg.

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