Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. I am tight for time. I will make a point on public bus services. In my constituency, which is a commuter belt constituency, it is great to see the uptake in bus services but there is huge frustration in many areas, for example, in Ratoath concerning the 105X service. There is a pattern of no-shows. People depend on the service. A 103 bus might turn up but four 105X buses in a row might not turn up. There is a need to continue the effort to increase the number of drivers and address the people who use or want to use public transport and are frustrated in their experience of doing so.

On fare restructuring for the short-hop zone, there was discussion that it was imminent. When will that happen? We have given the example before of Balbriggan versus Gormanston, Laytown and Drogheda stations. Does the Minister have a timeline for that?