Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I want to say one thing before I go. I acknowledge Mr. Barry Kenny. I have worked with him before and I want to acknowledge his presence and the great work he does.

I wish to address Mr. Ray Hernan before I go. He is new to this job and I wish him the best of luck. I have listened to him on radio and television recently and I thought he was extremely articulate both then and today. I wish him great luck and hope he will be the one to navigate his way through the impasse that has been created, since I was not able to get an answer on the other side of that. Rural transport is a huge issue for me. I am doing a big study on dying and death in Ireland and rural transport plays such a huge part in people's lives when they are young, when they are well and when they are unwell. It is important that we get it right and that Mr. Hernan gets his company to a stage where it is not in debt of €8 million or €9 million and there is not an impasse with the great people who run it. I wish him the best of luck, and I really was very impressed with him and think he will do very well.