Mr. Pat Maher:

I will not go into detail on cost because that was commercially sensitive information provided by both Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead. However, I will refer to the quality aspects - for example, how Go-Ahead will manage reliability. For a bus service, it is absolutely crucial, from the customer's point of view, first that the bus turns up and, second, that it turns up on time. Go-Ahead is bringing alternative approaches as to how it will manage this. We do not know yet how successful it will be.