Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I forgot to ask, and it is quite important, about the Expressway service. In its presentation, the NBRU stated that for years Bus Éireann has cross-subsidised the underfunded PSO services with profits from its commercial Expressway service. We are now learning and being advised the Expressway service is not profitable and it is reported that because of this it will be diminished. Do the witnesses have proof that this has happened? I have grave concerns that if the leaked proposals were to materialise we could see a situation where many of our towns and smaller communities would be bereft of public transport. This is certainly something no one on the committee could stand over.