Ms Anne Graham:

In terms of funding allocation, it basically comprises looking at the high-level costs associated with running the service and what passenger revenues the company gets in. The subvention then is the difference between the two. As for the general management meetings and the ongoing performance meetings we have with Irish Rail, we look across all the customer service issues, including what services it is providing for business customers. Irish Rail is very much aware that it has lost business customers on rail lines.