Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I have not taken a view on it. A value for money examination has been undertaken of the service on the basis of the way it is currently organised. It did not look at the issue of whether it should be contracted out or done as a direct service by Bus Éireann. The question that arises with Bus Éireann is it is the service provider of last resort. Having that underpinning of a contracted-out service-----