Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that. It will probably take a while to see exactly how it goes. We need a solution, and the sooner, the better.

My next question is on an across-the-board issue, and it is not the first time I have raised it, namely, the commuter Taxsaver ticket. It would suit someone who, like many others, is now remote working. It has gone over and back from Minister to Department to the NTA. We are being told that there is a technological issue with ticketing. An element of this issue probably lies at the NTA's door. How does the NTA propose to fix the issue and how quickly can that be done? In the short term and for want of a better term, can we not find a prehistoric solution – punching tickets – until a technical solution is applied? We are trying to facilitate people in using public transport, particularly those who are remote working and removing themselves from commuting for a significant time. That is welcome from an environmental and societal point of view, but the system is not keeping up with them.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.