Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to address the surplus again. Paragraph 3.10 on page 27 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report reads, "Bus Éireann applied a total of €11.3 million in round sums to a category described as 'property charge'." What is that property charge? The report continues:

Furthermore, non-recurrent charges applied by Bus Éireann against the unused surplus and accepted by the Department since 2011 were - €3 million for 'future pensions for school bus drivers' [that is explanatory enough]

- €3.4 million as a 'contribution to capital investment'.

I presume the €3.4 million relates to the purchasing of new vehicles, or does it-----