Ms Anne Graham:

Yes, we are at about that. We feel we have the capacity and will have the capacity to deal with the whole range of our issues. That is what I am here to do and what I try to manage. Obviously, we have additional demands for which we will seek additional human resources as we roll out further projects to deliver better services and infrastructure across Ireland. We acknowledge that trying to get changes and approving changes for Bus Éireann services takes too long and we do not want to stand over this. We prefer and want to improve the turnaround in getting a service up and running once it is approved because 12 months, as Deputy Troy said, is not good enough. We will work with Bus Éireann to improve that turnaround in order that it is as quick as possible because it is impacting on service delivery to the public.

I will not put a figure on the budget. All I will say is that the Deputy did his quantification there. We will have to see what the insurance costs will be and whether they will differ across different parts of the country. They will probably not differ but we will be resourcing this from our existing budget. There is no additional allocation and while we will obviously seek an additional allocation for this, there are obviously demands on the Government's budget.