Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I suspect some of the questions are being directed to the wrong person, that a political decision has been taken in this regard and that the NTA operates according to the legislation to which Ms Graham has just referred. Therefore, it is the political decision that underpins and is the real driver of the NTA's operations, and the NTA just implements the measures in the legislation. The point is that we need to talk to the Minister about this because this is a political decision and it concerns his Department.

Regarding Bus Éireann, was a risk analysis carried out regarding the State's exposure to competition and the potential withdrawal of services happening now? If there is a loss of services, they will have to be replaced and a PSO will possibly kick in. Was a quantification of risk analysis carried out in this regard?