Ms Anne Graham:

We constantly review existing bus services with our operators and look at where there is a requirement for additional services or new services. Obviously, there is always an issue at peak times, which is we try to have as much capacity at those times as possible, but there will be occasions on which demand will exceeds capacity, particularly at peak times. There has been a considerable increase in the frequency of services in the Dublin region. This also applies to Bus Éireann in the services it operates from the regions around Dublin and in the regional cities. In the case of Dublin Bus, we have just introduced a new route - 155 - which runs from Bray across the city to IKEA. It has added significant capacity to the system. Over one to two years we are adding approximately 10% to the capacity of the fleet and the network in Dublin. A similar quantity of buses will be added to the Bus Éireann fleet to meet demand. We will continue to review the position where demand is being exceeded on a constant basis to see whether we can provide additional services, subject to the funding we have available.