Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Hernan and I also welcome Mr. Boland and his colleagues. We all see the dilemma Mr. Hernan is in, and he seems to have been thrown in at the deep end. It is ironic that this week the Taoiseach launched a programme for the rejuvenation of our town and villages and spoke about the importance of services being kept in place and here we have the threat of a reduction of services, and more importantly redundancies, in Bus Éireann. Has Bus Éireann approached the Government to seek a top-up in funding? I will base my questions on the document that management gave to staff on 18 January. It states the Government cannot and will not provide support. Has the Government been asked to provide support to the organisation? Having read the document, if we were here ten years ago-----