Latest: Siptu condemns NTA blueprint for buses as "plan to undermine public services"

• An all-out bus strike is planned for next Monday as a pay dispute between Bus Éireann staff and management continues
• Bus Éireann is set to drop three routes and two more may be scaled back as part of a cost-cutting plan
• The NTA says it is ready to put forward proposals to retain services on routes affected
• Fianna Fáil says Transport Minister has "chosen to do nothing"

Update 2.30pm: Siptu has condemned a plan released by the National Transport Authority (NTA) which the union says envisages the replacement of Bus Éireann services by private bus operators on vital routes across the country.