Ms Anne Graham:

In Dublin we have 7.4 SPSVs per 1,000 population. Cities of comparable size such as Oslo, Hamburg, Vienna, Seville and Brussels have between 0.6 and 1.9 SPSVs per 1,000 population. If we are compared to other cities and other regions, we should be considered as well served in terms of the numbers of SPSVs per head of population. However, as I said previously, there is still an issue with demand at a particular time. While we have that availability, they are all not coming out at the peak time. That is why we are undertaking the measures I outlined earlier to encourage drivers to be available at those peak hours.

There is another activity that is running in parallel. It is part of the night-time economy working group under the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin. I am involved in the working group and it is looking at how to spread the demand across the night-time economy, which is looking at the licensing-----