Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

To continue on that point before I bring in Deputy O'Connor, I fully concur with Deputy O'Rourke. People in villages and towns tell me they never had a bus before and now they do. In terms of meeting demand, there is also induced demand there as well. As people become more aware, they find there is a bus service in place and it works. The NTA may look at static demand first but then there is induced demand too. Is the NTA able to factor that into the Connecting Ireland 2.0-type longer term planning?