I propose with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together.
I would refer the Deputy to the reply to Deputy Corish's question given on 25th January, 1966, which indicated the Government's intentions on future policy in relation to public transport and CIE.
I would also remind the Deputy that under the Transport Act, 1964, CIE are in receipt of an annual grant of £2 million to enable the Board to discharge its duty under the Act of conducting its undertaking so that after allowing for the grant, its operating expenditure shall not be greater, taking one year with another, than its revenue. In so far as the Board's expenditure may exceed its revenue plus the grant it is incumbent on the Board to effect economies by reducing unremunerative services or by other means.