Mr. Gerry Madden:

The details of that are subject to commercial confidence but I would be happy to submit a response afterwards.

The Deputy's second point was on the benefits or otherwise of investing for a network Luas, as opposed to a bus network. That is not a question for me to answer because we do not invest money for this purpose. The authority does this. I cannot give the actual return on investment to the Deputy but, in view of how long the Luas has been running for and the growth in passenger numbers, it has been very successful.

Deputy O'Keeffe noted that I have been smiling more than usual recently. That is good because there has been too much focus on the negative aspects of 2016, in particular on the dispute. The Luas has been very successful in the past 12 years because its people are our greatest asset, despite what has been said in the media. This will continue into 2017, which will be a massive year for Luas cross-city. Our success is down to our front-line people, our drivers, ticket inspectors and traffic supervisors and, post-dispute, local shop stewards and I are working really hard to move this forward and work together in partnership.