Mr. Graham Doyle:

I am not aware of a particular programme in regard to weather but in general we are extremely concerned about congestion and the manner in which it has returned over recent years and in terms of its potential to increase. The NTA operates various models in regard to traffic congestion. For example, we know that an additional 5% increase in traffic on our roads leads to a significant increase in the level of congestion on our roads. Our objective in terms of being a facilitator for transport and economic activity that helps to energise the economy, is to avoid that. We want avoid congestion in a general sense or of the type that occurred today which causes a drag on the economy. It is the case that weather on a given day can impact on congestion unless people are prepared to travel by bicycle in windy conditions and so on. We see an exaggerated sense of a congestion problem on a day like to day. There is no doubt about that.