Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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The company will suggest that if it was totally and exclusively Expressway this matter could be resolved pretty easily by how the licences are issued, increased PSO and increased DSP. It will say that it needs to examine the cost base in a broader sense because 80% of people are using PSO and 20% are using the commercial line. It is fair to say that we are at one in terms of where the commercial line can be brought back into profitability.

Given that PSO now has to go out for tender, do the unions have concerns about winning tenders when competing with private operators? I understand that the Waterford service is currently out for tender and the Kildare network will be out for tender later this year. Are the unions concerned about being able to compete actively for tenders in order to win future contracts?