Mr. Brendan Crowley:

If I may add to that, what is going to happen in the future is a real issue. When the initial cost-of-living measure was brought in, it was to run until December 2022. Many operators thought they would have to suffer until December. The budget announcement for 2023 will see the measure run into 2023. In the coming weeks, many people will be renewing their annual taxsaver tickets and their companies will be signing up with transport providers. I am aware of one case where there is suddenly competition and a massive reduction in the fares of a semi-State company compared with a commercial company. The semi-State company was more expensive than the commercial company but it will now be approximately 30% cheaper. In this day and age, taking everything else into consideration, people will look at that price difference and decide that while they do not want to leave their service provider, they do not have a choice. All that is going to happen is there will be a complete change in who uses what service. Many jobs will be lost. I do not believe people have thought this true. It is an unintended consequence, to be honest, but jobs will be lost if the matter is not rectified.