Mr. Jim Meade:

The Senator's point is well made. We look at it from the holistic view of active travel, such as the interconnectivity of getting to Killarney and maybe getting a bus around the Ring of Kerry, as opposed to taking one's car. That is where the National Transport Authority, NTA, has a big role to play. It talks to us on an ongoing basis about how the various modes interact. The NTA brought out the 90-minute fare this year in order that one can switch between modes of transport within the 90 minutes for the same fare. Those kinds of issues all contribute to making public transport more user friendly and attracting more people on to it.