Ms Dervla McKay:

We have a number of programmes. Our retention figure is higher than that of Dublin Bus. That is, in more private circles, normal enough. It is circa 20%, which mostly relates to the driver population. It is a lot lower than that in the supervisory and management populations.

We are doing a number of things. Skills and data, as the Deputy said, are huge. We have a small team of MBA-qualified data analysts, which is excellent. As a public bus operator for 20 years, a key skills area for us going forward, which is not one that is called out too much, is scheduling and the ability to put together good schedules and rosters that drivers want to do that are family friendly and focused on safety. That will be hugely important. We have another two roles to join our business in that regard next year, which will be hugely helpful.

We are doing a lot around gender diversity. I thank the Deputy for his recognition of our women campaign. I am pleased to say that almost 50% of the Go-Ahead Ireland supervisory and management team are women, although we have a challenge in attracting women to the driver and mechanic skills sets.

We have one former graduate in our business, but we have not looked at that area in a while. It is something our parent company is working on. It has set a target that 50% of those graduates be women this year. We are hopeful of getting a graduate into our business as a result of that scheme. There are a number of things going on at the moment.