The Quality Bus Network Project Office is proposing to upgrade the Navan Road Bus Corridor from Cabra Cross to the Ashtown Roundabout. They are seeking planning permission through a Part 8 planning application. When they presented this proposal to the Central Area Committee I raised a number of issues with them and asked that they put the proposal on display locally in the Cabra Library as well as in Civic Offices on Woodquay and on the Dublin City Council website. The deadline for submissions from the general public has now closed. You can read my submission by clicking here. It is expected the QBN office will bring a report on this proposal to the Central Area Committee in the new year.

Japan
I was proud to represent the Oireachtas Committee for Enterprise, Tourism and employment on our recent delegation to Japan. For almost 70 years Ireland has enjoyed strong diplomatic relations with Japan. Ireland opened it’s first embassy in Tokyo in 1974 In 2025 Ireland renewed and strengthened its presence in Japan



