Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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It must be said that Dublin Bus has 130 odd routes while Go-Ahead Ireland has about 30. Those figures are net but the fine per route would be pretty high for Go-Ahead Ireland. All three organisations have mentioned driver recruitment. I want to ask Mr. Edwards about a number of other issues he mentioned. It was reported in the press today that anti-social behaviour is impacting on routes. It is not in his opening statement. It was reported in the Irish Independenttoday that anti-social behaviour is one of the reasons and he also mentioned changing weather conditions and matters like that impacting on routes. What is the balance between the underlying driver recruitment issues which have been well explained in the opening statements and other issues?