Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair and committee members for allowing me to be here today.

I will direct my initial comments to Go-Ahead Ireland and Dublin Bus. I accept that they have covered this to some degree. When we talk about these things, it seems like statistics. It is 1 p.m. now. In about ten minutes time, I will be in the Dáil canteen. There are two members of staff there who get the No. 40 bus. I know both of them will tell me about the problems they had this morning because there was a bus at 8.05 a.m. and the next bus at Plunkett Avenue was at 8.50 a.m. Those were the two options for the people on Plunkett Avenue and the surrounding areas today. When I finish my lunch, I will go upstairs to the press office. A young man working there is from Finglas south. He will tell me about the bus service last week where there were nearly 48 minutes between departure times at Parnell Square. That is just this building and that is just one route. I could give details about many routes in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11. What do I say to these people? What do I say on behalf of Dublin Bus? It is a very direct question.