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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: When one takes the contribution of the families out of the equation is one dealing with €137 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is it €151 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Even though Bus Éireann has increased the services over the five-year period by €25 million a year-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Have the €30 million savings achieved in 2008 been wiped away?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: The point I am trying to make is that in the statement it was said that the cost in 2008 was €162 million and that more than €30 million had been saved by Bus Éireann working in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills. It seems to me that the cost should be €132 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: The €25 million has been passed on to the Department and the parents.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Essentially, the point I make is that there is no saving.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: It has taken me a long time to get a response. The Department of Education and Skills gave Bus Éireann its instructions in terms of the operation of the school bus service. Bus Éireann said it saved €30 million but it has not saved anything.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Where are they if the parents have taken up the slack?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: The statement is very clear. The cost of the service was €162 million in 2008 and Bus Éireann said more than €30 million has been saved. It was also said that the cost today is €149.7 million and there is a contribution by parents bringing the total cost to almost €160 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: There is no saving.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Would Mr. Nolan like to amend the statement to say that there is no saving of €30 million and that the cost of running the service today is the same as it was in 2008?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: I did not ask Mr. Nolan that. I asked him how much the service costs today. Mr. Nolan said the cost in 2008 was €162 million with more than €30 million saved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Nolan did not say that. He said that more than €30 million has been saved by Bus Éireann working in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills from this figure and largely re-invested in 750 new services. My point is there is no saving. Why does Mr. Nolan not say that Bus Éireann has saved nothing between 2008 and 2014?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much does the service cost today?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: How much did the service cost in 2008?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: Is there a difference in those figures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: So there is no saving.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: In fairness-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: School Transport Scheme: Bus Éireann (7 May 2014)
Patrick O'Donovan: In fairness, the statement is a bit misleading because it says that more than €30 million has been saved but the Department is still paying the same amount of money with an enhancement from the parents. That is what should have been said. Could Mr. Nolan elaborate on the canvassing work?