Mr. Hugh Creegan:

I agree. That is the drivers' choice. They regard it as hard work at night. There is antisocial behaviour, abuse and all sorts of things that make it unattractive for a lot of drivers. Last year, we increased the fare they could charge at night by quite a bit to make it more attractive for drivers to go out at night. That is one action that has been taken that has seen some positive benefits.

The second thing we are doing in the cities – we have probably accomplished more in Dublin than we have in other cities – is putting in more night-time bus services. At the moment, we have 12 24-7 bus services in Dublin and 12 Nitelink services that operate two nights a week as well. We think that is the way to go – to roll out more night-time bus services to complement whatever number of taxis are there.