Mr. Jim Meade:

They will be hybrid. One of the things we are doing is converting this entire fleet to hybrid over the coming years, which will give us in excess of a 30% reduction in our diesel burn. It will also allow us run through built up areas on batteries only, so we will be eliminating some noise pollution as well. It is something we signed off on in the middle of the year when we ran a couple of test trains with Rolls Royce and MTU, the suppliers. We have done all the numbers. It will be very successful. We will be able to make that entire fleet hybrid, which is the way to go.

On the issue of the carriages, I am familiar with the early services out of Sligo. The very same trains are used for the first two services out of Cork in the morning. They are Hyundai rotems. I take one of them regularly from Clare. They are the very same trains that Sligo people get on. They are not commuting on a second class fleet.

We have probably been overtaken at this stage but some years ago we had the youngest fleet in Europe. Our trains are not second class. They are very heavily subscribed at the moment. Many people-----