Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Bus Éireann has been questioned on the matter that I am raising and it indicates that it is the NTA's baby. I will tell the story and Ms Graham can react. Dungarvan to Cork city is route 40. It is a 75 km distance. Youghal is around the middle of it. Dungarvan to Youghal is about 27 km and then there is a further 48 km into Cork city. If I alight the bus at Dungarvan to go to work in Cork I pay €9.50 for my adult return. If Deputy Cassells beside me lives in Youghal and he joins me on the bus, about half way through the journey, he will pay €19 for his adult return. Can the NTA enlighten us as to why that might be the case?