Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I will talk to Revenue about how we might make progress on the issue but I do not want anyone to think it is only a matter of doing that and everything else will follow. That is not the case. I point out to Deputy Bruton that he cannot make the assumption that the market would come into play because there was competition on all routes. There is not. Even if it was agreed with the ten local authorities, if there was someone else providing a service where there was no competition, there would be no incentive for them to continue with it. The market is not geared that way.

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