Mr. Kenneth Spratt:

I do not disagree with that. There are only so many additional people we can bring on to public transport at any particular time. It is also the case that for every euro the public transport companies are not taking in, they have to get an additional euro by way of PSO. It came down to the additional funding that would be required by way of PSO funding being provided to the public transport companies and figuring out who we would use that additional funding to focus on. The Minister decided to focus on people who are aged 19 to 23 to try to get them into good habits now that they are leaving schools.