Ms Anne Graham:

We produce the data that shows what has operated and the punctuality of those services. However, the punctuality is disimproving because the road congestion is growing in the city. That is an issue and no matter who is going to manage the service going forward, that is going to be a problem. Getting back to what the right structure is, I do not believe we can set forward what is the best structure for the city. That has to be assessed independently because we are involved in the delivery of services in the city so of course we are going to present that we believe we deliver a good service on behalf of the citizens of Dublin and our operators. We know it can be improved. We know what is required to improve that in terms of the delivery of BusConnects. We know what has caused the delay in the delivery of BusConnects because in a full economy the operator is finding it difficult to recruit drivers. That is where we want to get to. We put the infrastructure through An Bord Pleanála and it is now, I hope, going to get to a stage where we can start construction of bus priority next year. There are the improvements that have been set out that we want to deliver in terms of an improved service. However, can that be delivered by a mayor's office more efficiently than by our office in the NTA? That is for others to judge. That is not something that we can put forward because we would obviously put our best foot forward on what we deliver.