Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The proof of the pudding is in an e-mail that was sent to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, on 23 December 2015, when he was the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, by Graham Doyle, alerting him to the fact that the unions were very concerned about possible measures in Bus Éireann. The Minister's official said, "However, we do not detect any immediate action on that front. They are likely to take a hard line, judging from comments being made. A lot of blame is being attributed to the NTA issuing licences to other operators." What was the Minister's response? He said, "We will have to get together in early January to refine how we all handle this. It will obviously heat up going into the elections." The Minister cynically did absolutely nothing-----

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