Mr. Willie Noone:

There has been no route-by-route breakdown but there is no dispute over the fact that they are losing money as this came out in the independent report. Apart from an increase in the free pass money, this money also has to be fairly distributed but at this moment Irish Rail is getting a higher proportion of the allocation.

A question was asked about private operators not carrying people and we are calling for this to be monitored as private operators are getting paid to carry passengers without an audit or evidence that they are doing so.