Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I believe there is a statute of limitations on possible interests, is there not? We were putting in the first electronic ticketing machines at that stage. I compliment Dublin Bus on the advancement in the fleet and the service over the last 30 years. I recommend that anyone who has not travelled on a bus in quite a while to try out the services. On the routes I use, the services are very frequent and the level of service is very good. Things change. The population has grown and we are now running into commuter chaos and congested roads. The new routes brought in under BusConnects will result in some people having to change buses when they were used to getting on a bus, finding a seat and ending up at their destination. In a number of cases, it will be a two-stage journey. People will have to get off and changes buses. My understanding is that services will be more frequent and more reliable under BusConnects. It will also lead to greater flexibility as regards places to go. What do we need to do to convince people that this is how a modern bus service works? If you got a train to another city and realised that you had to take two buses to a destination, you would not think twice about it if the journey time was good. How do we make that transition to people taking two journeys, which is much quicker and more direct, when they are used to taking one bus on a route that meandered all around the houses? What can we do to ease that transition? I have a second question. When can I expect the 155 service to operate 24 hours?