Mr. Stephen Kent:

It passed off, for us, thankfully, without incident, even though we curtailed services.

The Leas-Chathaoirleach asked about school transport at the moment with regard to specific numbers. I said that we had 161,000 places and it is organised by the Department of Education and is based upon eligibility criteria. One has to be a certain distance, 3.2 km or 4.8 km away from one's nearest school, if one is a primary or secondary school child. It is co-ordinated on that basis. If one takes a scheme where there are 161,000 journeys being delivered every day, if I look at Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, for example, some 18,000 schoolchildren are coming in on that scheme at the moment. I do not have the specific numbers for Dublin city at this time but I know that Deputies will be in close contact with us.