Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I am not painting any situation. The situation has been painted by the acting chief executive officer of Bus Éireann, Mr. Hernan. He has painted the situation and said we are looking at the possibility of the insolvency of Bus Éireann by May. We are now in March. It is a matter of weeks. I am asking a straight question. What will it cost the taxpayer for that insolvency in terms of payroll taxes forgone, redundancy payments and social welfare costs? The Minister has had a long time to work out the answer. I ask him to give us the figure.