Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I understand that and the nuances involved. There has to be some new and imaginative way of looking at this and I understand the Department is open to that.

On climate change, we want more people to travel by bus. That is essential. On the other hand, there are practicalities involved. I refer to the situation in Galway, about which I want to make a general point. Children go to school, and they have tickets. If they go home at 4 p.m. or thereafter, they miss all of the after-school activities. A letter was written to us in respect of this matter and we were asked if the children could use their tickets on regular buses. In this case, it is Carraroe, ag gabháil siar do dtí Ceantar na nOileán. Those children have a choice of missing after-school activities and going home on the school bus or, with the permission of Bus Éireann, using their tickets on regular buses which are passing back towards Carraroe in any event. However, they cannot do the latter. Am I making my point clearly enough?