Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Will the NTA clarify a matter with regard to the RRS? At present, who decides where the bus stops are and how far apart they are? Can buses stop on an on-demand system, as the old Bus Éireann buses did? We need clarity on that. We will not get all these bus stops overnight in most rural places so we need to know what the arrangement is in the meantime. I am getting conflicting replies.

I asked about the last bus to Clifden. The situation there is replicated throughout the country and is a good example. Clifden is a sizeable town servicing a very sizeable hinterland. Why does no bus for Clifden leave Galway city after 18.15?

I was very interested in one comment that was made. The NTA has a role in improving train services. I was fascinated by what was said regarding a minimum service being three services each way a day. Waterford and Limerick are reasonably sized towns and Clonmel, Tipperary town and Limerick Junction are on the route. There are two train services a day directly from Waterford to Limerick each way.