Mr. Ray Coyne:

We are long time advocates of accessible transport but the system that works best is the one we have today. We did a partnership with the IWA and TII earlier this year and we knew what would come out of that in that we have all our customers to accommodate and it is something we are not shying away from. I accept issues arise from time to time but, thankfully, they are minimal and, by and large, everybody gets accommodated. It is a system we have worked towards for the past 15 years and it is working well now. All things considered, it is probably the best solution we have at this point in time for the system we operate today.

On infrastructure, from a Dublin Bus point of view, we primarily deal with the local authorities in the greater Dublin area. They are all very good in terms of providing assistance such as infrastructure requirements at bus stops. What one will find in terms of quality bus corridors, QBCs, and many of the infrastructural projects is that accessibility is built into them at this point. That is the remit of the NTA now and we have influence in that regard but it takes a strong line on infrastructural planning. We had a tender with the NTA this year to operate services. The specification is the same for whoever is tendering. It has to be the same vehicle.