Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has instructed the Railway Procurement Agency to carry out a feasibility study for a Luas system in the Terenure/Rathfarnham area; if Knocklyon will be included in the study; if the study is intended to examine a direct line to the city centre or a spur from either the green line or the red line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10750/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Transport 21 provides a very large funding commitment for the delivery of an extensive rail based public transport network in the Greater Dublin Area in the period up to 2015. This network is based on the Dublin Transportation Office strategy "A Platform for Change". It also includes funding for feasibility studies on those elements of the "A Platform for Change" which are not included in Transport 21 and this includes the proposed Luas line from the city centre to Dundrum via Rathfarnham and Terenure. In this connection I announced, on 30 January last, that the RPA is to commence work on the Rathfarnham feasibility study in April.

It is understood, from the RPA, that the feasibility study will take a number of months to complete. It would be premature to speculate on the precise route options to be examined in that study. The usual approach is to identify a wide range of possible options and then to take forward a smaller number for more detailed consideration.