Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am not saying anything about the private operator and the competition. Where there are routes where private operators are operating and we are putting our public network routes out to tender, I wish to ascertain whether there are private operators currently operating on those routes that may have led in some way to those routes becoming unprofitable, as the Minister stated a few moments ago.