Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 January 2013

Public Accounts Committee

National Transport Authority - Financial Statement 2011

12:40 pm

Photo of Robert DowdsRobert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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I entirely accept that public transport will generally operate at a loss, but what about where it is operating at a gross loss? Mr. Murphy may not have the figures on this, but I would be curious to know, for example, what it costs to run the Limerick-to-Athenry line on a yearly basis and how much money the company takes in from customers. My guess is that probably under 5% of the running costs would come from customers. Would I be correct?