Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 98: Provision of School Transport
9:00 am
Mr. Stephen Kent:
Yes. Unfortunately, it would not only be our consent that would be required because one is talking about the scheduled services that are operated under the supervision of the National Transport Authority, which determines the fares and sets the fare strategy in respect of those services. We collect the revenue in the context of how those fares are set. In an ideal world, if we had integrated tickets, we all agree they might work on those services. An integrated ticket would recognise revenue on a particular trip and then revenue on another trip. Perhaps that is something we can aspire to but at the moment it is not possible.