Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are many people who never before had such knowledge of the Judicial Appointments Bill.

The point the Cathaoirleach has made about BusConnects is very important, as Senator Devine said. When the chairperson of the NTA, Ms Anne Graham, appeared before an Oireachtas committee this morning, she said more than 30,000 submissions had been made on the plan. Work on revisions to the proposed network is ongoing. The NTA will engage in a further public consultation process in September. There have been three consultative processes to date. It is an important matter. To be fair to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, despite what some Members might suggest, he has been very willing to come to the House to discuss various transport issues. The contributions of Members to the debates on transport requested have been less than adequate.