Yesterday, we heard the news that the Airport Hopper bus service is ceasing operations. This means that people in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown and Tallaght have no option but to get a taxi or drive to the airport. What was a €10 journey will now cost passengers €60. The 14 drivers who were employed by the Airport Hopper received an email to say their jobs had gone. They arrived at the yard and all the buses had disappeared, which is a new take on ghost buses. Privatisation of public services has failed. We have seen this with the unreliable service of Go-Ahead Ireland. That company is now tendering for new routes, despite it not being able to look after the routes it has already. This is unbelievable. Will the Government reverse its policy on privatising public transport? Will the Minister ask the NTA to take on the Airport Hopper route and employ the 14 drivers who lost their jobs yesterday?

It is vital that we provide many forms of transport for people through public and private operators, through buses, the Luas, BusConnects and as many different ways as possible, including the expansion of our rail lines. I am not familiar with the specific route mentioned by the Deputy, but similar to the question from Deputy Devlin, I will endeavour to ask our Minister to see if there is something that can be done to fill the gap and to respond to and support the communities concerned, as well as the drivers and all those who were working with this company, as mentioned by the Deputy. It is the absolute intention of this Government that many forms of public transport will be available to people right across the country and not just in our towns and cities.