Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is right to focus on the fact that transport and housing solutions go together and this is a really good example. We now have plans for this new bridge across the Dodder. It will not be a bridge for cars but for public transport and active mobility. It is critical not just for the development for the Irish Glass Bottle site but the wider area. It is due to go for planning permission as part of the BusConnects project, which I hope will go to An Bord Pleanála this autumn. Subject to that being agreed, it does not have to wait for a decision from An Bord Pleanála and we should not tie it up with a decision around the land in Poolbeg because we need it anyway for the local community.

It is the same with the development of the upgrade of the Seán Moore Road. In a wider context - I know it is a contentious issue and I have to be careful because it will be before the courts this week - there is the question of the development on the Strand Road and elsewhere of bay and coastal infrastructure. This includes walking and cycling routes and it could bring profound improvement to the area. It is a very special place because it is on the Dublin Bay biosphere. It is an amazing location with beautiful beaches beside the wildlife reserve. We need transport infrastructure not just for the Irish Glass Bottle Site but the other sites developed in the area and the existing community. I do not want to make that contingent on what any developer does.

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