Mr. Tim Gaston:

It is mainly a legacy issue. When the integrated ticketing scheme was introduced, Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Luas had their own existing ticketing equipment. It was perfectly good equipment and there was no justification to throw it out to introduce something that would read Leap cards. We had to find a way to integrate with that equipment. There is separate equipment on Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann from what is used on Irish Rail and the Luas. We brought in our own supplier and made that available to commercial bus operators. Since then, we have brought in a further supplier for handled inspections.