Mr. Ray Coyne:

Decision on tendering rests with the NTA. My statement referred to bus rapid transit priority; that is not to say bus rapid transit will be introduced. Last week's National Development Plan shows significant adjustments, giving priority to Luas and the electrification of train services. I am not sure that bus rapid transit is in there. That is not to say it is not possible to get bus rapid transit priority on corridors.

No bus rapid transit vehicles have been procured. It was originally intended to be introduced by this stage. Dublin Bus has a contract to 2019. It is not referred to in that contract for services. Any buses can be operated on a bus rapid transit system; it is not a closed system. However, for truly effective bus rapid transit, they would be five-door single-deck 60 m buses.