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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport in Ireland - Challenges, Strategies and Governance: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: On a point of order, the Minister of State has graciously offered to come back. Many of us did not have an opportunity-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Does the Minister feel that this dispute involves more than a simple disagreement over pay and conditions and that a restructuring of Bus Éireann is proposed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Major changes are envisaged-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Major changes are envisaged in Bus Éireann in terms of how it will be managed and run - yes or no?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Paragraph 8.27 of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies requires the Minister to get involved where major change is envisaged within a State body. I ask in light of the fact that the Minister would acknowledge that major change is envisaged, that he get involved. His predecessor requested a report in late 2015. This report on proposals as to how the financial challenges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I refer to the report that the Minister's predecessor requested in late 2015 and which was presented in early 2016. The Minister, Deputy Ross, should know whether or not he saw it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: We can come back to that, if the Minister does not mind. A number of plans were put to his Department between 2015 and 2016, namely, a five-year plan and strategy roadmap for Bus Éireann and various iterations of an existence plan which were put forward in July 2016. Something further was put forward to the Minister in August 2016 and September 2016. Did he receive these?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Did the Minister see any of the reports or witness any of the reports being given to the Department during 2016 that identified Bus Éireann as being in a serious and precarious financial situation? I have to say to the Minister that there was complete and utter inaction by him, his predecessor and the management of Bus Éireann for over one year, knowing that the company was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I stated that it was the Minister, his predecessor and management; a combination of the three parties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: What is being stretched here is the Minister focusing on an issue other than that being asked of him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I asked the Minister if he saw the report. He is confirming now that he did receive the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: What about the previous reports? The Minister was in office in July and in August in 2016. In terms of whether he read the entire report or simply received a briefing on it, he can be pedantic and split hairs whichever way he wants to but the question is around what actions the Minister took to try to stop the haemorrhaging of funds at the semi-State company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I do not consider commissioning one report after another as activity. It has been identified by the acting CEO that €7 million was spent in 2016 on the hire of private coaches. This is something the company says can be done without in 2017. Perhaps there is a saving to be made there. At the committee meeting last week, the Bus Éireann acting CEO said that the technology to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I am not asking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Are there any vacancies on the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I do not expect the Minister to micro-manage but I expect him to macro-manage. From the time the Minister was appointed and was made aware, as were his predecessor and the officials in the Department, of the serious financial situation pertaining to Bus Éireann through various reports, what action has been taken? I quoted some of the dates on which the Minister would have received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: What we are learning this morning is that the Minister has received many reports and has a great number of conversations but there was no action.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for his patience and I am conscious that he has to be in the Dáil in a few minutes. The Minister acknowledged that the funding the Department of Social Protection is paying is inadequate. This was identified in some of the earliest reports. It is disappointing that the Minister still has not engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme (Resumed) (1 Feb 2017)

Robert Troy: Can the Minister share it?