Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to deal with the buses for now. Where are the regional differences? Do the witnesses have that information? As the Committee of Public Accounts, we are trying to find out if we are getting value for money. There are lots of activities in Irish life in respect of which we know the cost, including the cost of surfacing a kilometre of road in one county versus another county, which is subject to tender but there can be crazy variations. Is Bus Éireann experiencing similar variations? Are there parts of the country where there is not a lot of competition and in which it suits operators not to have too much competition?

Other operators can enter the market. Where is the most expensive and least efficient area?