Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to come back to the Kerry Flyer issue and the loss of five operators who had served the school transport system excellently for a number of years. As the tendering process is about to commence again, it is possible the other seven contractors may lose their contracts also if this is allowed to continue. The main argument centres on the use of public money by Kerry Flyer. A sum of €172,899.50 was mentioned in the presentation as a contribution. My understanding is this is divided into two sections - staffing and support and operational-non-wage funding. The former includes drivers, driver vehicles, supervisors, passenger assistants and administration, as well as 7.5 FTE posts.

The operational non-wage funding includes diesel costs and other running costs such as vehicle insurance, maintenance services and motor tax. Will the witnesses tell me which of those two sections the money it allocated went into?