Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 408: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the call from the communities of Donabate and Portrane for the proposed metro via Dublin Airport and Swords to be extended to Donabate in order to allow connections with the Dublin-Belfast rail service (details supplied). [31735/05]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The transport investment framework announced yesterday includes a provision for a metro line from the city centre to Swords via Dublin Airport. This does not include an extension to Donabate, nor was such a link envisaged in the Dublin Transportation Office's strategy, A Platform for Change.

It is intended that the metro line will terminate north of Swords at Lissenhall. However, there is a major park and ride site planned at the terminus, which will benefit people from Donabate, Portrane and other areas of north Dublin, Meath and Louth travelling to the airport or onwards to the city centre. It will be possible to park at the terminus and take the metro line to the airport or onwards to the city centre. The metro journey time from the terminus to the airport will be less than ten minutes. The journey time from the airport to the city centre will be less than 20 minutes.