Mr. Aidan Murphy:

The operating margin on the Expressway network is 1%. That is not a sustainable level for the total Expressway network. We have to compete and the margin must improve significantly in the coming years.

I wish to revert back to the point about our licence and obligations. It is a basic licence, but we have an obligation as a company in the three areas I mentioned.

We will not remove ourselves from that obligation. It puts us at a competitive disadvantage by comparison with other operators which are not required to do these things. We are not going to refuse Department of Social Protection passengers or charge them on our services.