Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would have thought there is something in the fact that CIÉ has been so prudent that it has a contract for school transport. I know Bus Éireann is administering it apart from the Department of Education. Maybe it is something Bus Éireann could look into. One aspect would be to see if some benefit from hedging could be given to the private school bus operators and more particularly that some mechanism could be put in place with the Department of Education to compensate in some way for the increases in fuel costs, which are quite extreme as Ms Hughes will appreciate. Are the fuel prices hedged at a pretty good rate?