Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It might be useful for our deliberations. We produce a report that makes recommendations to the Minister so that would be useful.

With regard to the transport issue in terms of the distance, apparently it is the same system that is used for school transport, which has been in situsince 2011. To use Google maps alone does not take account of the topography, such as whether the route is over a mountain or the like. That might be something we could examine in the context of the recommendations as well. If there is any further information, you could send it to the clerk and he can circulate it to members.

This has been a very useful engagement and I appreciate Mr. Connolly, Ms Fanning and Ms Fitzpatrick giving up their morning to attend the meeting. It has been valuable for members of the committee to listen to their contributions and I look forward to hearing more. We will have an opportunity in the next few months to make our recommendations and, of course, we will provide our guests with copies of them at that time.

We will suspend the meeting for a few minutes to allow the witnesses to leave.