Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

I want to focus on public transport and the bus service in particular. I am going to be a little parochial. There are significant issues in Cork with the bus service provided through the NTA and Bus Éireann to do with reliability and passenger dissatisfaction with the service. These have been going on for many years. We have been told there is a driver shortage, etc.

In terms of value for public money, I note the turnout overall is €1.737 billion in terms of public transport. What are the penalties for the service provider when it is failing to provide an adequate service?