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In a lot of cities where there are metro systems there can be a long walk underground (often helped by travelators) between two different lines at the same station. But as colmd has already mentioned because you don't have to go outside it doesn't bother anyone.
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That's all well and good if you're integrating lines that were built in the distant past, but we're building a new system, and if we design it right in the first place, we can have simple, effective integration from the start. If we design it wrong, we will spend years trying to patch it up.
At one stage we were going to have the Interconnector station on one corner of Stephen's Green and the Metro station on another, so you'd have to get the escalator to ground level, walk along one side of the Green and take the escalator back down. Fortunately some sense has been seen, and an integrated Stephen's Green station is now on the drawing board.
But the broader message hasn't sunk in yet. Anywhere that a new line crosses an existing one, we must have a single, well designed and integrated station. It's not an add-on or a nice-to-have, it's vital to the development of the city. If it's not possible at the easiest crossing point, move the new line until you find a workable crossing point. This is why most of P11 now seem to favour a Metro going via Drumcondra.