Mr. Hugh Creegan:

To respond to the Deputy's other points, the frequency of the 93 service has been mentioned to us. It is worth saying that the 68 and the 69 are hourly services which are not timed to run at regular half-hourly intervals. If we are wrong on the frequency there, that is another one that could be adjusted. We did not put more bus services in that corridor for the reason the Deputy touched on earlier, namely, that it duplicates the Luas red line to some degree along parts of it. If we have a high-capacity rail service, we do not want to put in too many bus services which would duplicate or take away from it, but we need to get that right. The 93 was put in to deal with a number of things. If its frequency needs adjusting, that can be done.

The Deputy mentioned the 22, which is a half-hourly service. From all the information we had, we thought that was right but we will await the feedback. We know that changing the names can cause confusion. In fact, we are sorry we did not use numbers that are not close to the current numbers. Having, say, the 22 and the 23 instead of the 123 causes some confusion. It is surprising how quickly people adjust to a new numbering system, but for now I can appreciate it may cause some confusion.

In the revised network the bus stops are broadly in the same places as before and we do not see any major negativity regarding walking distances. With additional services put in, walking distances for most people should be broadly what they are now. We do not see that as a big problem.