Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I thank the Minister of State for his response, which lived up, or rather down, to my expectation of it. I am glad to hear that similar provisions may be made in other legislation. However, there is a tendency on the part of the Government to put off making provisions, particularly those guaranteeing minimum standards, and suggest that they be put into other legislation. I am thinking of other Bills where we were assured that certain measures would be incorporated into other legislation. Is there not a case for having legislation which covers all areas of licensing of bus services rather than putting minimum conditions into other legislation? It seems to me it would be more sensible to have it all in the one place.