Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All credit to Dublin Bus, the service runs very late and it allows people to get home safely from a bar, nightclub or restaurant late at night. The issue with the inter-city buses and Irish Rail is you cannot really leave the capital after 9 p.m. at night, which is a pity when there is a big concert, match or whatever in Dublin. Not everyone can get a hotel. Jim Meade tells us it is complicated and certain hours at night are needed to maintain the track and I accept all this. I am wondering whether there is a second factor or reason. Would concern about having 200 people on a train at 11 p.m. or midnight be a concern for workers and drivers?