Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Senator. I note she welcomed the Castlerea to Ballinasloe service, which will offer three services a day to students, the campus and all of that. I note she also mentioned the 878 Athlone to Roscommon service and the 440 from Athlone as well. I will ask the Minister for Transport to come back to her directly on those. There are, I understand, four routes planned for the first phase of Connecting Ireland for Galway. Some have been implemented already in the Connemara region, including route 431 from Carraroe to Claremorris via Maam Cross, Cong and Ballinrobe. There is also route 432. In the coming months two further routes will be implemented, namely, route 546 from Ballinasloe and route 438 from Tuam to Galway. All of the aforementioned routes will offer a minimum three return trips seven days a week.