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

Poolbeg is a critical development for our constituency and the city and is a model of high-quality urban living.

The transport strategy for the greater Dublin area, which was published last week, is in the consultation phase, so the timing of any particular project is open to variation. The first obligation on us is to build the BusConnects, DART+ and metro projects, all of which must start quickly. We need to get them through Government in the coming weeks and months, get them through planning and get them built. There are other Luas lines to Finglas as well as two new proposals in the south east to Bray and possibly beyond. The ordering of those will depend on a variety of issues. Funding is one issue and there are real funding constraints because we must also invest in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick. Another issue is our engineering capability and our ability to deliver numerous projects at the same time. The key signal is that it is public transport first and light rail as a major part of that.

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