Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister said that there are areas of our bus service that lose money. I am saying that we should frame it as costing money because it is not a question of subsidy, but investment. We talk about sustainability and the Minister talks about a sustainable future. I am concerned that he may be speaking about being sustainable as a viable business. When we talk about public transport, sustainability must have a much wider interpretation which is not about its profitability or loss making but which relates to the role it plays in the sustainability of society, rural and urban, and also the achievement of our environmental targets for sustainability.