Page 127 of the programme for Government promises to invest additional capital to fund major public transport projects and to fund additional capacity to meet existing and future commuter needs. Today is the deadline for public submissions on the second draft of the BusConnects plan. Many of us in this House will have made detailed submissions to try to improve the final product. However, the success or failure of the final redesign of bus networks will be wholly dependent on Government funding. I ask the Taoiseach to confirm exactly how much funding has been committed to the network redesign as distinct from the cost of compulsory purchase orders related to the bus corridor project. Will the Taoiseach commit to the additional funding for the National Transport Authority and Dublin Bus that is needed to increase peak-time capacity on routes such as the 25, 39 and 18 which are already over capacity?

I do not have that figure to hand but will ask the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide it for the Deputy. Assuming we stay in office, I can commit to continuing to increase the capital budget for public transport, as we have done for the last two years. We will continue to do so for the next five years if we are given the opportunity. I know that the Deputy will want to join me in welcoming the considerable investment that has been made in public transport in the past few months alone. We have increased capacity on the Luas green line-----

The election is on, clearly.

New carriages have been ordered which will increase capacity by 34% on the Maynooth, Kildare and northern lines.

We are getting a speech on everything.

Taoiseach, please.

My question was about buses that are already at over capacity.

We are providing €1 billion for Irish Rail over the next five years to improve the quality of our railways.

Do not interrupt the Taoiseach's speech.

Also, for the first time, there will be 24 hour bus services in Cork and Dublin. That has never been done before.

Deputy Brendan Howlin is next.