John Kelly (Labour)

I will be very brief. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I support fully the sentiments of Senator Reilly. It is an impending crisis coming down the tracks for school transport. I have raised the matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly. If we bring common sense to this we will solve the problem. We need joined-up thinking. These issues relate to rural Ireland. We have a rural transport system in place in rural Ireland. If the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, and his colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Kelly, get together to work on this issue, we can solve it but the crisis must be solved.