Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank both Deputies for their remarks. Like Deputy Farrell, I welcome the fact there has been progress on a night bus for the city. As the Deputies know, the public consultation closed on 2 June and the redesign will be finalised in the coming months.

I will reflect the Deputy's feedback and that of Deputy Ó Cuív on Mervue and the bus stop there. The intention of a network redesign is not to take away transport connectivity from people who have it at present. We will reflect what has been said to the National Transport Authority.

I note Deputy Ó Cuív's comments relating to the board. Obviously, it is separate and independent in its decision-making but it is important, where we have investment and capacity increases coming in areas, that consideration is not being made of the historic position and the future position in terms of transport capacity. A lot of work has been done on transport-oriented development. For instance, we are developing new rail stations or new strategic transport capacity in order that in parallel, we can have local development around that. That is prudent planning.

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