Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I am not disputing that they bring benefits. It is a question of time. It is the one piece that gives one greater capacity in terms of movement and the development of a network.

Go-Ahead won its contract through a tender process. It was said that it will be less expensive than the comparator. It will have to retendered in five or six years’ time. It does not count historical costs like, for example, pension costs that would be carried by the other operator. That has a long-term consequence in terms of the public purse picking up the pension costs in cases where there is not an occupational pension. It is not like with like.

Does Ms Graham agree that it is not a like-for-like comparison?