Mr. Andrew Edwards:

Yes. We also have 27 people who are currently awaiting paperwork from authorities and who are what we call "post-test". In addition, we have 98 people in our training school. We have seen a vastly reduced attrition rate since we last met the committee, which is really positive. This has involved great work by our colleagues. We have seen the rate halve since we last gave an update. We have a target of 405 drivers for our outer Dublin metropolitan area contract right now. We are 25 short.

On the question of looking towards the end of 2023, I will let Mr. Gaston talk about BusConnects as a whole. Based on the projections when we first considered some of the phases coming in for 2023, we would need an additional 120 drivers. At this very moment, when you add the number we have, plus those in our training school, we have the best part of 470.