Ms Anne Graham:

I will give a quick response. There were three particular questions, one of which was on integration of fares. Leap card provides integration across all public transport. The only area where one cannot use a Leap card is in intercity rail travel but it is now available on any subsidised bus service, including Bus Éireann services. It is now available on all of those services - all city services, all commuter rail services.

We have put in place a visitor Leap card in Dublin only. It allows a ticket to be bought by a visitor to Ireland before he or she comes here that allows travel across all modes in Dublin.

In terms of transport hubs, we are looking at additional parking at train stations. We are working closely with Irish Rail to identify where we can put additional parking where it owns property and move on that as quickly as possible. Funding has been the constraint in that space.

In terms of payment for parking, one issue is that if one introduces free parking, one may find that the parking is used for activity other than taking train journeys. There will have to be some charge associated with parking at train stations.

On bus shelters, we are aware there is an under-provision of bus shelters right across the country, particularly in rural areas. The constraint was funding. We will be happy with the additional funding that we believe will come forward to increase our provision of bus shelters. We would be delighted if local authorities take on this activity, work through the planning and identify where the sites are. It would certainly speed up provision. We would be happy to work closely with local authorities to deliver more bus shelters.