Mr. Aidan Murphy:

The Senator mentioned a story and I understand the frustration that particular passenger must have felt. We must be able to have a better system of connectivity. There are mainline train and expressway bus services, but there needs to be good connectivity at in-between points. I cannot comment on the individual event that took place and I am not sure about what will need to happen. I strongly believe, however, that there needs to be an interconnected service. Going back to Deputy Seán Kenny's question, consumers can be enticed to use public transport if they believe there is an interconnected network that goes seamlessly from train to bus and so on.

There are two companies involved but, nevertheless, we come under the same CIE group umbrella. I will look into the particular incident to see what solution might lead to further potential opportunities.