Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Local Link Transport Services: Discussion

Mr. Tim Gaston:

Typically, as the crow flies route shortens the distance, which should reduce the fare. If somebody has to do a dogleg purely because that is where the buses happen to go, the crow-fly distance will be shorter and so in that case they should see a reduction in the fare, if anything, but it is very difficult to say. It is almost entirely case-specific. In some places, the fares were there because there was competition. The fares were lower than in other parts of the country where there may not have been competition. We are doing away with that. We are putting in a consistent national structure. We are hoping to get the detail of that published in early summertime.

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