Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Bus Coach Sector: Discussion

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

I accept that. The last thing I will throw in is probably a question I should have asked earlier. I was talking about savings and all the rest of it and we all realise the changed world we are in as regards remote working. A big sell used to be the taxsaver ticket. However, even if you are trying to use rail or buses in the public system, the NTA has not necessarily been able to facilitate it technologically. There needs to be more imagination and I have a particular issue with that. Following an over-and-back, and I imagine a considerable one, with the NTA, Matthews Coaches has been able to offer that service or that idea.

That is for someone who may only be working two or three days a week, or whatever, but it means they get the benefits. They are getting those financial benefits to ensure people are using buses. What are the witnesses' views on that? Is it something people are looking at across the board?

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