Mr. Ciar?n Ferrie:

I would like to make one point in response to Senator Ward's comments on 24-hour bus lanes. This is an issue that also arises with cycle lanes. When cycle lanes are not 24-hour, it increases the instances of people parking in them outside of the set times. In surveys we have done, there are higher levels of people parking in cycle lanes either side of the cut-off times. People over-stay the time on the lanes and if, for example, it is nearly 12 o'clock, they just park in the lanes. We believe that 24-hour cycle lanes and bus lanes would remove any ambiguity about whether drivers can park in them and would lead to better compliance.