Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We are going to disagree on the buses. We are not going to go down that route again. The town centre, in relation to the number of people, is moving because there has been a lot of development there. I understand there will be surveying done of buses. I hope a certain percentage will go down to the train station. Honestly, there is not a human being in Nenagh who understands why buses coming off the motorway are stopping in one of the busiest towns in Ireland when there is a train station. It puts people off. It is a disaster. I am saying that honestly as a supporter of doing all of this. I am its biggest supporter and have a track record of supporting all this. It is galactically insane. It holds up the whole town. The NTA might come back to me on that.

My other matter is a real issue. It is one of my pet subjects for years, namely, taxis and hackneys. The rural hackney licence, which was from a survey I did as Minister in 2012, was reincarnated last year under the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan. A pilot was done. What were the results of that? The rural hackney licence was in ten locations and extended to more. How successful has it been?