Gary Gannon (Dublin Central, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

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?

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