Fine Gael has hit out at Transdev and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for failing to give considerable notice to LUAS users after works started on the line and altered services.

Senator Neale Richmond confirmed he had been notified by a number of frustrated people who have been affected by the works and were given less than a week's notice.

He said: "I appreciate that the works are vital to accommodate the much welcomed longer trams, something I have been calling on the Minister for Transport Shane Ross to prioritise.

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"These LUAS customers have already been forced to endure increasingly congested trams over the last number of months and a little consideration to their commute would have been appreciated I am sure.

"I have written to the Managing Director of Transdev (the LUAS operator) asking for the company to engage with local parking providers to ensure adequate spaces are available for LUAS users. As well as being important for the commuters themselves, it will also help to safeguard local estates across the Sandyford area from becoming the unintended victims of these works through increased offsite parking.

"They could also work better with car park operators to ensure the commute is hassle free for LUAS users. For example they could harmonise the payment system in Sandyford carpark with the considerably larger Stillorgan car park. This would go a long way to increasing harmony between Transdev and the long suffering commuter."

(CD/LM)