Mr. Ray Coyne:

I thank the Senator for her kind words again for the employees and I will make sure it is fed back. It is most welcome.

The NTA has statutory responsibility for the network redesign. It employed a consulting house to assist it with that. Dublin Bus fed into, advised and guided the NTA on what our views would have been around the changes. We did a network redesign in 2010, 2011 and 2012, so we have expertise in that area. We assisted the NTA with the public consultation and went out with the NTA because they are our customers, but at the same time, the NTA is responsible for it. We advised on changes and much of that advice was taken on board, as was much of the public’s advice. The network that is being implemented is quite significantly different than the original one. In fairness, the public consultation changed it. We will continue to advise the NTA, but we are not the decision makers.