Ms Anne Graham:

We cannot answer for the decisions Bus Éireann has made about its Expressway. Our fare is distance-based. It costs the same to travel the same distance on other stage carriage services. If it is amended in one location it must be amended in many parts of the country. We regulate a distance-based fare on regional services. It is the same no matter where the service is operating. Unfortunately Bus Éireann has made a decision to discount an Expressway service that travels a further distance. We have no way of changing that.