Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In support of my good colleague, who lives locally there, the demographic has to be taken into account when taking away bus stops. In other words, if there is a very old demographic, it is not the same as a much younger demographic. That is the first issue. The second issue is that, as I understand it, a housing estate was refused because there was no bus service. An Bord Pleanála should never refuse on that basis. The arrangement should be that, automatically, when new developments take place, this is dynamic and the bus services are then provided. Otherwise, we are totally undermining Rebuilding Ireland by a lack of flexibility in our system.

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