Mr. Shane Ross:

That is going to be difficult. I do not know whether to start at the bottom. I will start with Deputy MacSharry's questions as he was first. He addressed the issue of tourism. As the Deputy knows, I hope to have the tourism recovery task force named, set up and running by the end of the week. It is very important. As the Deputy said, it is one of the worst-affected industries in the country, if not the worst. It is very important that we get the right task force ready. We are almost there and I would be surprised if we do not make an announcement before the end of this week.

The Deputy is right that the situation concerning Expressway is very grim. The National Transport Authority, NTA, is working on this with CIÉ on a daily basis. We hope to be able to make an announcement on that very shortly. It is inconceivable that any public service body which is currently subvented should be allowed to go bust.

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