Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not disagree with much of what the Deputy said. Some of it is a matter of language and rhetoric.

The passengers and those who have a social need for a transport system need to be protected and preserved. I do not believe that is inconsistent in any way with competitive tendering.

Competitive tendering is responding to a need for more passengers having a hunger for more routes and it is not true to suggest that in some way the incumbents, the State bodies, are not being protected. The Deputy does not like figures but let me give her some.

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