Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)

My first question relates to staffing. My understanding is that one of our bus network's biggest challenges is the inability to get drivers and mechanics. That is now adding significant delays to improving services on existing routes and also represents a threat to the roll-out of BusConnects. Will the representatives from Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland speak to the challenges in terms of getting new staff? To what extent are they looking abroad? Are there any specific barriers to hiring new drivers and mechanics, for example, immigration or pay, that the committee could seek to progress?