Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Tendering of Bus Services: SIPTU and NBRU
12:15 pm
Mr. Peter O'Toole:
They will get it for them but they are not accepting them because they can fill their bus with cash customers, which is cherry picking and represents a race to the bottom. While, as I have said, I have no problem with competition, it will impact on our Expressway services. We have no problem at all carrying passengers, including disabled passengers, and one does not need to have a wheelchair to be disabled. We are very courteous in bringing passengers around the country and have done so for years. However, passengers can now get on the bus in Cork with cash and get off in Dublin Airport. They cannot get on the private bus with a bus pass. That should have been highlighted by the transport committee years ago.
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