Ms Andrea Keane:

The Deputy is correct in saying that demand allocation is a difficult issue at the moment. What we are looking at is changing our patterns post-Covid both in terms of our overall passenger numbers and in the times they are actually travelling. For example, we are seeing an increase in weekend travelling and in October we were back to our pre-Covid levels during the week, in comparison with 2019. Part of that is the result of the BusConnects expansion services, which have increased frequency and service delivery at weekends.