Luas corridor feasibility
Deputy Lahart asked whether a feasibility study should be done for a new transport corridor in Dublin South-West, given high-density housing between the Luas lines. The Taoiseach said it is a matter for the National Transport Authority and future appraisal in the greater Dublin area plan.
On page 28 of the programme for Government, the section on transport states, "We will promote higher urban densities in terms of housing design, particularly in public transport corridors, through a new National Planning Framework". Given that large areas of my constituency of Dublin South-West are increasingly high density, people living in them find themselves sandwiched between the red and green Luas lines without a public transport corridor. Does the Taoiseach agree that it is well past time, given that the green and red Luas lines are now connected in the city centre, that a feasibility study was carried out of connecting the two lines on the south side to serve areas such as Rathfarnham, Firhouse, Old Bawn, Templeogue, Scholarstown, Knocklyon and Ballycullen?