Ms Anne Graham:

The work relating to prioritising is ongoing. Obviously, particularly as we are looking at connecting Ireland, we have a list of locations in which we want to deliver additional new or improved services and they come at a cost. At present, we are in the process of trying to allocate priority given that we cannot provide additional services everywhere. This would be on the basis of getting the best return in terms of the number of people who would use the transport service, while also recognising that we have to spread the services throughout rural Ireland in particular, where we may not get the best return but where a social benefit will accrue associated with the delivery of services. This social benefit methodology is being developed so we can put some priority in terms of delivery of services.