Ms Anne Graham:

Congestion is having an impact in all our cities, not only on car journeys but also on public transport. That is why we are developing the BusConnects programmes in our regional cities, starting with Dublin. That is about trying to get a much higher level of priority for our bus system to regularise journey times so that people know how long their journey will be. That level of priority will avoid the types of issues Senator Grace O'Sullivan raises whereby one bus may not meet another because of delays. We are continually looking at automatic vehicle location systems to see where delays are occurring with the operators. We are building and changing timetables to ensure that buses that need to interchange are interchangeable. If there is a particular issue in Limerick, I ask the Senator to let me know and we will follow it up.