Mr. Brendan Crowley:

It must be remembered that while Mr. Kavanagh is referring to school contracts that were awarded by the Department of Education, there is a significant cohort of services that are not covered under that scheme. There are many operators that will not benefit from anything that is done directly as a result of that.

If we were to go back to the initial part, with a fuel rebate like the previous one, those other companies would also benefit. Deputy O'Rourke has raised this question previously. Many private routes across the country are not operating under variation contracts.