Ms Anne Graham:

We currently do not have any intention of extending the green zone in Cork but it will be reviewed as part of BusConnects Cork, which will be kicking off now and looking at the network of services for the Cork city area. As part of that, we can consider the appropriate fares associated with that.

At this stage, it is not possible to reduce any of our fares in any location around the country because of the impact of Covid on our fare revenue. As a result, the Government has had to put significant additional funding into our subsidised services in order to keep them going. At this time, it is not appropriate to reduce fares in any location but we can consider them as part of the BusConnects network review, which will be starting very shortly.