Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If Bus Éireann attempted to cut any bus service in the Dublin metropolitan area, the width of the protests would see us at the Red Cow roundabout trying to get to Leinster House on a Tuesday or a Wednesday, yet Bus Éireann believes the same argument is good enough to cut services for rural communities. Routes are not profitable in Dublin, but it is okay to cut unprofitable routes in rural Ireland.