Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 294: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made regarding future plans for the extension of LUAS through the Templeogue area of Dublin south west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31172/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Transport 21, provides a Government commitment to deliver an extensive Luas and Metro network for Dublin in the period up to 2015.

Transport 21 does not include the provision of Luas to serve the Templeogue area within the timeframe of the strategy.

While Transport 21 involves a very large commitment of financial resources, those resources are also finite. It has therefore been necessary to prioritise the investments to be made over the ten year period.

The Dublin Transportation Office (DTO) strategy of 2001 did suggest that the Templeogue area be served by Luas or Metro. This remains the longer term vision for transport in Dublin. RPA expects to investigate those elements of the DTO strategy which fall outside of Transport 21 towards the latter part of the Transport 21 programme when the projects have been substantially delivered.