Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

While I agree with the Minister's view about future development, the development plans are under way and I hope the Minister's office will contact the relevant local authorities. As I mentioned, the Cabinteely, Carrickmines, Cherrywood, Shankill and northern Bray area has enormous development already planned and, on the back of that, it is anticipated public transport will be delivered. In fact, many of the developments that have happened are on the back of the idea that public transport will be delivered in those areas. One of those projects is the Luas green line, the B2 line, which, as I said, had three options. People want a high-frequency, high-capacity link from Bride’s Glen to Bray. In addition, as the Minister mentioned, there are key employment areas such as Sandyford, Dundrum and Cherrywood. It is critical we have an alternative to the car, that it is a reliable service and that the capacity is there to accommodate all of those people living and working in those areas.

I ask the Minister to commit that, in the national development plan, we would fast-track and reconsider that extension to the Luas line.

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