Ms Anne Graham:

I understand the Deputy's point. When we are looking at services we try to meet the demands, and that includes the demands in terms of going to hospitals. If we can meet those demands with the general services - the stage carriage services that are provided under contract by Bus Éireann - that is the service we must examine. We will look at it and we would generally know the places where people want to go for hospital appointments. If we can provide that service and it means changing our services to meet that demand, we will look at that. However, we need the information from the individual customers. We have tended to use the transport co-ordination units to assess that demand, but if we can get that more effectively from the HSE, we will see if we can do that.