Ms Anne Graham:

There are no proposals at this time for a rail line to Cavan and the line is not included in the current development plan. There is no proposal for the extension of the rail line to Navan in our 20-year strategy. When we were drawing up the strategy in the lead-up to 2016, we did not believe that the demand was strong enough to provide a rail extension to Navan. We did, however, undertake to review demand during the six-year review of the strategy to identify if there was a need for a rail service to Navan. That has been restated in the national development plan. There is no proposal at this stage for an extension of the line to Cavan.

Turning to the questions from Senator Conway-Walsh, I will be disappointed if it is the case that there is no connection between the rail link from Westport to Louisburgh. We will look at that issue and any other examples of lack of connectivity we receive. We rely on local people to give us information on these matter to enable us to work on making improvements with our partners in Irish Rail and Bus Éireann. A number of years ago, we produced a comprehensive plan for improvements to bus and rail services in Mayo and did a consultation on it. Mayo was the first county for which we produced a plan for services. We did a consultation on those changes. That was two or three years ago and we will give the Senator a copy of the document. Perhaps Mr. Hernan will outline the type of communications done in the lead-up to service changes.

On bus shelters and information at bus stops, we know major improvements are needed in this area and we want to roll out a comprehensive programme. More funding is becoming available now, although not to the levels we would like either this year or next. In future years, we want to rapidly expand the provision of bus shelters and, with our partners in Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus, improve the information and timetables at bus stops. We have not done any specific research in respect of noise-----