Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Let us be clear, as I have seen the marks awarded to those who tendered, that many operators have lost routes where they did not elaborate - they said they were driving for 35 years whereas the person who stated they did this, that and the other course got more marks for writing a heap of palaver.

I have a background in transport. The way procurement procedures are being processed for the bus routes especially flies in the face of common sense. Common sense has gone out the window.