Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It takes some time. In addition, with any new technology, particularly in the depots, there is the issue of learning the lessons. We were doing it in Athlone and Summerhill. It is about how you change the entire depot around towards electrification. It is a bit like what I was saying earlier about cycling infrastructure. It takes a while to build up the experience in order that it becomes standardised. That has taken some time but it is starting to happen and it will continue to be rolled out. They are better and quicker buses.

With regard to the walking statistics, we do not have up-to-date statistics for this year. It is interesting. I outlined the introduction of new work within the Department. We announced our data analytics unit. Part of that will involve much more sophisticated use or assessment of data, not just in Dublin but in other regional cities, on modal split, journey performance and what is happening. The counting we are doing includes the likes of the canal cordon count, which people will know. It is typically done in November of each year. It measures the number of people going across the canal. Technically it is a good way of checking a particular volume of traffic, but it does not really tell you much about what is happening with transport in the city. Our data analytics unit will give a much more real-time assessment of what is happening and, in particular, what is happening before and after a piece of infrastructure is put in place in order that the impact can be measured. If a bus gate is implemented, does it-----