Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy spoke about a review on social services. The NTA decides what is and what is not a social service. That is not a matter for me. However, I would say our PSO services have been expanded and the NTA has already decided to extend PSO in response to the change on the Athlone to Westport route, which is a pretty aggressive and rapid response.

The Deputy referred to a second-class service. I do not accept that. That is not necessarily true. It is an alternative service. The overriding principle is that there must be some service for rural communities and there must be some service for people where routes are withdrawn.