I think the Minister and I share the belief that, in the round, the BusConnects plan for Dublin city will be largely positive. However, I cannot step away from the fact that two of the five bus services being lost will impact the community of Drumcondra. I ask specifically about the No. 11 bus route, which serves an older population and a population with disabilities. As the route goes from north to south, it used to go through the city. Its replacement, the No. 19 service, will stop at Parnell Street. The Minister knocks at the same doors as I do and he understands the fears of people in Drumcondra arising from the loss of that option to get from the north to the south of the city. Has this plan been disability proofed? It has been several years in the making but there has been a change in circumstances around Parnell Street. The Minister will understand the fear in the community. Can there be an intervention to disability-proof this measure, which will render so many people in our constituency unable to leave their communities?

I am aware of the issues the Deputy referred to with regard to the Nos. 11 and 19 bus routes. As to whether these changes been disability proofed, my understanding is that Dublin Bus does that. It does so with particular regard to the buses and bus stops to allow the kind of access the Deputy and I want to see for our constituents with disabilities. I know this is an issue for many of the people the Deputy and I represent in Drumcondra and I will raise it, as I know the Deputy is raising it, with Dublin Bus. I believe overall, and I thank the Deputy for recognising this, that BusConnects will make a positive difference but I know also that changes like this can cause concern.