Mr. Ray Hernan:

To answer Deputy Byrne's question first, we have an obligation to provide a service to the Department of Education and Skills. We carry 114,000 students to and from school every day. This service is not under threat, but we do have people who are part of our organisation and approximately 10% of the total number of buses used are driven by our drivers. I cannot say what those drivers may do, but I have been in close contact with the Department of Education and Skills to assure it we are doing everything in our control to ensure there is no disruption. It is my understanding that at no point in the past did any engagement or industrial action that may have arisen from a dispute in Bus Éireann impact on school services.