Mr. Graham Doyle:

I ask the Deputy to let me finish the sentence. I was speaking about improvements in terms of infrastructure. I probably should not have used the term "improvements". We have seen significant increases in the numbers.

The Senator asked about incentives for electric bicycles. The bike to work scheme allows an individual €1,000 of tax relief and my understanding is that electric bikes come under this. I am pretty sure I am correct in this regard. A proposal made in 2014 for hybrid buses was also mentioned. I am not aware of this but I can check it. I suspect there was an issue with regard to differentials at the time in terms of price. It comes back to my point on whether it is a question of getting one, two or three busloads of people out of their cars. This was probably the issue at that time. We can certainly check whether a proposal was made back then.

I will ask Ms Behan to deal with the questions on alternative fuels and adaptation. A specific question about rail was asked and in my opening statement I mentioned the work Irish Rail has been doing.