Mr. Brendan Crowley:

I could take on ten to 15 drivers tomorrow morning and have work for them. What we find in our business, which is no different to those of my colleagues and other businesses we are representing here, is that there are many opportunities. These can be tendered opportunities or new business opportunities or extra demand for the services that are already being provided. Unfortunately, we are not able to meet the customer demand because of that process of bringing drivers into the system. It is a tight labour market. We all understand that but it is important to bring clarity in regard to timelines such as how long it will take to get a test when people do lessons. There is the possibility of opening up to a newer market of drivers. If we cannot process enough drivers in Ireland and the EU, then maybe we need to look at that system of opening up to outside.