I propose to take Questions Nos. 250, 251 and 253 to 256, inclusive, together. Bus Éireann, which operates school transport services on behalf of my Department, maintains a separate account for the School Transport Scheme. This account is audited each year by independent auditors and accounts in respect of the last number of years are available on my Department's website. The Department reimburses Bus Éireann for a range of costs identified as being directly incurred in the operation and administration of the scheme, together with an agreed 13% charge to cover all other direct costs and indirect costs attributable to the work carried out for the Department. In recent years an element of the 13% charge has been rebated to the Department by mutual consent. The breakdown of the 2010 and 2011 figures (€18.2m and €16.7m) are available on the Committee of Public Accounts website. While the scheme has evolved since 1975 it continues to be operated under the original arrangement and there is no obligation upon the Department under the EU Directive to terminate this arrangement. Issues relating to the present arrangements for the school transport scheme have been raised with me and with my officials by various representative groups. As the Deputy points out, a Commercial High Court case was taken by Student Transport Scheme Ltd against the Minister for Education and Skills. The judgement, delivered on 23 October 2012, concludes that the operation of the Scheme does not establish the existence of a contract and that the evidence establishes that the arrangements between the Department and Bus Éireann do not contain terms that might normally be associated with a commercial contract. The detailed judgement is available on the Courts Service website. This is currently the subject of a potential appeal by Student Transport Scheme Ltd to the Supreme Court. I am sure that the Deputy will accept that matters that may be raised in the context of such an appeal should properly be addressed in that forum.