Mr. Graham Doyle:

In regard to Galway, I will not go into the various things of which I am aware and which have been done in recent times, including bike schemes, reorganisation of some of the bus network in Galway and a 12% increase in bus use in Galway in the last couple of years. These are positives but Galway needs better solutions.

I take the Deputy's comments on strategies. To specifically address the Deputy's comment that a big part of the solution is a road, Galway, of the cities around the country, is the one city that really has not had a relief road, bypass or something that takes cars out of the centre. There are very few people who I encounter who are more adamant about public transport versus roads than the people on the National Transport Authority. My understanding is that they are supportive of the concept of a road in this case because it allows for greater public transport use through the city.