Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

I will start by responding to the question the Deputy asked about Bus Éireann and the Comptroller and Auditor General. Some members of the committee will recall a session we had about school transport four or five years ago.

Arising from that session, we indicated that we would welcome the Comptroller and Auditor General going into Bus Éireann to determine whether that was desirable. That was the genesis of the report.

We decided to have a very good look at value for money in school transport in the final part of the past decade. We concluded that we needed some rule changes on efficient routes, which were adopted by Government.