Mr. Gerry Murphy:

In 2011, as an exercise, we considered all the capital programme projects that might be cut or deferred. There was a similar exercise in the current programme. We made submissions to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport about possible implications for public transport services and in the end the Government agreed at the time to seek agreement from the EU on the funding of the current programme. In that context, we contributed to the programme, but decisions on the level of cuts in the public subsidy for transport services were ultimately made by Government.