Ms ?na Butler:

Yes. It is a case that came to our attention. The allegation was bid rigging in the procurement of publicly funded bus transport services in parts of Munster and Leinster. We opened an investigation. We conducted a large number of what we call dawn raids. It was quite a detailed investigation. Ultimately, we referred a file to the DPP, which is what we have to do at the end of one of our criminal investigations. We recommended that charges should be brought against the people who were participating in that bid-rigging cartel. The DPP decided to bring charges against 13 defendants. I think it was ten individuals and three companies. The case currently awaits trial.