John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will just finish, as I will not raise this in any detailed way. While I will do so later on, I am conscious of the time and acknowledge Mr. Watt has been in attendance for a long time. I respect that and did not realise it was close to 2 p.m. There is a cost associated with school transport but I have failed to get to the end of it in respect of the relevant Department in terms of how it accounts for the cost, what it does, whether value for money is achieved on it, and so on. Then there is the question, regarding the money that is paid to Córas Iompair Éireann, CIE, or Bus Éireann and such organisations, as to how it is accounted for, because the Accounting Officer does not account for it. Is that correct? I refer to school transport and the money that is given to CIE.