Mr. Hugh Creegan:

Our understanding is that there will be a green fund set up that will allow us to supplement the funding we have with some extra funding that will allow us to go for greener technology vehicles. Whether that is this year or next year, we do not know but we will be able to react whenever that happens.

The Deputy asked if we are flying in the face of common sense on the tendering of bus routes.

The short answer is no. At this stage all we have done is pre-qualification of tenders. We have adopted the approach that is adopted around Europe. The next stage is where the tenders go out and the financial considerations will be a major component of that choice.