Mr. Jim Waldron:

While it is a good summary of our submission, the big thing is we need recognition and want to be equal partners. We want to be sitting around the table with the likes of our colleagues here and other people in order that we can discuss things. We are not looking for an equal chop of the cake. We are not looking for €5 million because they got €5 million. We want to sit down and work out how the transport system works. We all complement each other, and I said it in my opening statement. We all need one another to survive and to succeed.

One last thing I ask is whether anyone can remember when the use of taxis was last promoted, because I cannot. Promoting the use of small public service vehicles is something that needs to be done immediately by the National Transport Authority. As I said, the priority will be to stop the issuing of new licences at present. Letting guys come into an industry that is down on its knees is just wrong.