Ms Anne Graham:

Yes, we have to respond to it. BusConnects and its sustainable transport corridors are about at least providing space from one end of the journey to the other where we know we can predict the journey time on a much more reliable basis for those services. That is what we are trying to deliver on all of the 12 corridors leading into the city centre. We are also planning to go beyond that because there are certain locations on the motorway network, for example, where we believe with hard shoulder running, particularly in the morning peaks, we can find ways to give priority to those longer-distance services. We have to work with local authorities to ensure that as those bus services are going into towns like Navan and Naas they are not held up in the traffic and that priority is given to buses in the towns as well. A huge amount of work is required now to deliver much better priority for public transport to enable it to deliver an efficient service and we would welcome the Deputy's support in that regard.