Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Current Financial Situation at Bus Éireann, the Expressway Service and the Rural Transport Programme

9:00 am

Photo of Mick BarryMick Barry (Cork North Central, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Services were cancelled in the past two days because of bans on overtime. On Monday, the 103 from Beresford Place to Rathoath via Ashbourne at 6. 10 p.m., 7. 22 p.m., 8.28 p.m. and 11.32 p.m. and the Belfast service from Busáras at 11 p.m. were all cancelled. Most of these services were cancelled in both directions. Yesterday, the 6 p.m. service to Kells from Busáras, the 4.30 p.m. service to Navan from Dublin and the 5 p.m. service were cancelled. The PSO will be reduced for services not operated and Bus Éireann will be fined for lost kilometres. I submit that the cuts Mr. Hernan is making in overtime and the other cuts will cost the organisation money. Could he comment on that?

My final question is if Mr. Hernan could clarify the amount of State funding Bus Éireann received last year. I know it was €49.4 million in 2009. What was the figure for 2016? Was it higher or lower than that?

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