Ms Anne Graham:

I will deal with the issue of privatisation. I have said many times in the committee room that we do not consider the tendering of the bus services as privatisation of the services. The routes remain managed by the NTA, a State agency. It is a tendering of a service. The State operators, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, are entitled to bid for the individual tenders. The routes are controlled by us and the fares are managed by us. There is no change other than the operator may change when we tender the services.