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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Of how much?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: So if I am correct, there was a €3 million profit in 2019, a €7.5 million loss in 2020 and then a €3 million loss in 2021. However, that 2021 figure is with subvention. That service was operating at roughly 50% capacity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On the Government Covid subvention, CBO DAC. What do those initials stand for?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will call it Covid-related funding. What if that is not forthcoming? €94 million is a big hole to fill.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When does Ms Hughes expect to get 100% back on the Expressway routes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore Bus Éireann is looking for subvention up to the end of this year, at a minimum.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In the order of the €94 million as was provided for last year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay. That is fine. My next question is on fuel costs. I was taken that Bus Éireann was fortunate that it had some hedging for fuel as part of the CIÉ Group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Until when is Bus Éireann hedged?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: From when does the 18 months run?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it fair to say that Bus Éireann is capped until June 2023 for 90% of its fuel costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: And that hedging was done in December 2021.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: One must acknowledge prudent management. That was very good management.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does that enable Bus Éireann to maintain fares at the current rates? Does Ms Hughes see fare increases or that they would be maintained at the current rate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is there any way that Bus Éireann would be able to allow some of its hedged fuels to be used on those routes for school transport? There is a situation where Bus Éireann will run some of the routes. There are quite a lot of school bus services out of Limerick. The staff are excellent. We deal with them virtually daily. They are always trying to be accommodating. There might be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Those drivers came before us recently. Guests from the Irish Coach Drivers Association were witnesses to the committee. They are struggling badly with school bus runs and they were looking at particular measures that could be brought in. It is something we are following up on with the Minister. Is there active engagement between Bus Éireann, the bus drivers and the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I would have thought there is something in the fact that CIÉ has been so prudent that it has a contract for school transport. I know Bus Éireann is administering it apart from the Department of Education. Maybe it is something Bus Éireann could look into. One aspect would be to see if some benefit from hedging could be given to the private school bus operators and more...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I ask Ms Hughes to repeat that last point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I appreciate that but I suspect that they are all near enough. It is a mechanism that should be looked at.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate (5 Apr 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We have been having difficulties with our connections but I will try to get Deputy Carey or Senator Dooley in.