Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is positive. I would appreciate if Ms Graham comes back to me with an exact figure. It was the contention of several of the groups that it was not necessarily fit for purpose. Like many schemes that are introduced, it will need to be looked at and improved anyway.

I have another question for Mr. Walsh. He referred to building cycle networks. There needs to be an element of common sense in respect of some of our towns. We are not starting where we would like. One example is Dundalk. Cycle lanes were introduced at one stage that created major logistical difficulties in the sense that fire engines were unable to get around corners and so on. There were some improvements of Clanbrassil Street and further on into the St. Nicholas Quarter and so on. No cycle lane was introduced there on the basis that a shared space would make more sense. It is down to logistics. A more common-sense framework needs to be designed beyond that.

We are talking about trying to deal with some of the issues in rural Ireland with regard to connectivity and so on. Have something been considered? What about facilitating the likes of Bus Éireann from a point of view of something that is almost hybrid compared to the systems we have? We need fixed-time services but we also need services that can deal with fluctuating demand. This is somewhat similar to what Mr. Walsh is trying to introduce in respect of speeds and requirements on the motorway. It is a system that can deliver on the basis of need.