Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Tim Duggan. The NTA pays €61 million to the CIE group, €5 million to private operators, €3.9 million to Luas and €1.7 million to Translink. It pays €1.5 for the rural transport programme. How does it calculate the apportionment of the funding to the various companies, including CIE and the private operators? Is the calculation based on the fares forgone on the various routes? I understand private operators are reimbursed with 70% and that Bus Éireann, for example, is reimbursed with as little as 40%. How is the calculation made?