Mr. Martin Nolan:

On the Navan route, we do that under contract to the NTA so both of us will come in on that.

We review school routes constantly. We carry out a major review every summer when sixth years go out and first years come in. On the question of a five-year old child having to walk 1 km, I would probably be concerned about that myself. In general, we try to pick up primary school children as close to their homes as possible. We also have pick-up points for post-primary students. If the Deputy gives me the details, I will examine the specific case.

There have been changes on the 115 route in conjunction with the NTA. We review all of these routes constantly where there are changes on them. There are regular meetings at which we go through the routes. We have gone through that specific route with the NTA. The NTA also comes to us with its changes and Mr. Tim Gaston will come in on that. Prices are all agreed with the NTA. In general, it depends on the number of people on the route and the distance they are from the location. On the Navan route, there is a great deal of peak time travel. It is more expensive to put peak time travel in when there is a lack of business during the day. On Expressway or intercity routes, there is business all day. On the Navan route, however, the peaks decide the level of service put in place.