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

I do not expect the Minister to micro-manage but I expect him to macro-manage. From the time the Minister was appointed and was made aware, as were his predecessor and the officials in the Department, of the serious financial situation pertaining to Bus Éireann through various reports, what action has been taken?

I quoted some of the dates on which the Minister would have received reports. Did the Minister at any time instruct board members or the then managing director or chief executive officer to take corrective actions? The point I am making is that the lack of leadership and instruction from the Department for over 12 months - I am being generous in terms of that timeframe - allowed the situation to arise whereby greater losses were generated. I do not expect the Minister to micro manage what is going on internally in the company but he was made aware of what was going on. What did he do?