Mr. Tim Gaston:

It was worked on with the local authority and we reluctantly came to the conclusion that we could not run the service through it. That is why we are where we are. As for trains, the new timetable came in successfully on Sunday. On having more trains at weekends, we are in discussions with Irish Rail on a number of places where we would like to see increased frequencies at weekends. Those lines are one of those options. Trains are relatively expensive to run, as members will understand. Getting buses to run is far cheaper. However we will be looking at that and are in discussions with Irish Rail at the minute about recruiting more drivers. It is not short of drivers but will need to increase the numbers through its training school to accommodate the sort of changes we might want to bring in. At the earliest it will be very late next year, probably into 2024, by the time we get an additional tranche of train drivers through and into the network. We are looking at a number of areas, not just Dublin but nationally to see where we can get more traffic onto the train network.