Maura Hopkins (Fine Gael)
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Many of the questions I had have been raised. Ms Graham has outlined the sense that there are still gaps. Obviously the NTA is working to improve them. With that, I want to start off on a positive note and say that the NTA has listened to concerns about the extension of the 440 bus route, the Westport to Athlone route, which is obviously very important for County Roscommon. It serves many towns and villages and it provides for return services daily. We need the Local Link services to interface with that as much as possible.

My question is on the tendering process. I recently met the manager of our Local Link service and I believe there is anxiety around the retendering process. The sense I got from the discussion is that there will be a wait before further Local Link services are introduced. Am I correct in that? Are we waiting for the tendering process to take place before further services are introduced or can new services be introduced at the present time?