Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

I look forward to welcoming the Luas extension to Cherrywood in south County Dublin in my constituency in the coming months.

Planning on the DART underground continues. I note Senator Donohoe's frustrations in this regard but, as he well knows, I cannot seek to influence An Bord Pleanála under the legislation, nor can my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. Were I to engage in lobbying on this issue or any planning case before the board, it would be wrong. I share the Senator's frustrations. A railway order application for metro north is expected in the coming months and I want to see both projects delivered in a timely fashion. I look forward to them occurring.

Dublin Bus is undertaking the largest redesign of its network in the history of the company. The objective of the redesign is to provide current and future bus customers with a modern, accessible, integrated, easy to understand, punctual and frequent service. The redesign will deliver real and tangible benefits to the majority of bus users. Just over one year ago, I put my words in respect of Dublin Bus on paper in the public media. Since then, I have met Dublin Bus six times. Each time, I stressed the importance of the network's redesign. I was taken aback by the fact that the Fine Gael transport spokesman in the Seanad would refer to the network redesign as "barmy". The redesign of an antiquated network that in many cases is based on-----