Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We cannot exactly go back in time to re-tender or to re-negotiate, or whatever the correct term is. That is what it is.

I will deviate, rather than repeating the same material.

The issue brought to my attention relates to the use of hard shoulders. A hard shoulder is used on the way into Belfast, particularly for buses. We talk about getting more people to use public transport and so on. From an answer to a parliamentary question, I know that hard shoulders are being looked at as part of the M4 transport corridor improvement scheme and the N11 bus priority scheme but I am asking about the M1 on the way into Dublin. This is about people getting the best bang for their buck, not only from a cost but a speed point of view, when taking coaches, whether these are Bus Éireann or the likes of Matthews Coaches or whoever else.