Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There are. There was no intention to disfavour commercial operators. We expect that, from the autumn, it will be possible to apply the 50% discount for those aged under 24 and to include these operators in that scheme. With regard to the 20% reduction, it was not a question of a lack of interest or desire to include to include the commercial operators. There was a real practical difficulty in that we do not, in any way, set prices for such operators or monitor their fares. There is no mechanism by which to record, assess, monitor, manage or ensure delivery. We said that we would work with the commercial operators to see what could be done to overcome that hurdle. However, as I have said, no slight to those operators was intended.