Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

They are in the licensed road haulage sector. There are also licensed bus operators.

In order to protect the consumer from price increases, the fuel rebate needs to increase greatly, which is the request being made today, and bus operators should be included in it, particularly those in the school transport sector. They have the complication of having to deal with the Department of Education and the NTA. How is the engagement on this proposal going? Bus operators are already losing money. If the carbon tax increases in May, will we face a situation where we may not have buses to get children to their leaving certificate exams? How will we transport the anticipated 200,000 Ukrainian refugees if we do not have bus operators because they have gone out of business? Will that become a problem?