Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Bus Driver Recruitment: Discussion
Mr. Stephen Kent:
I will take it up with the NTA. Kerry did not do bad last weekend. There was a lovely 270 route opened, the most scenic bus drive in the country. The NTA, in fairness, has funded that, and it is running all the way, as the Deputy knows, from Skibbereen over to Killarney. There was a new service that went in on the back of that, which is tremendous. There will be continued investment, but I will take the Ring of Kerry back to see if that is going to come in. I know that in my own home town, we only introduced a summer service as well last week. Sometimes it is timing, and sometimes it is funding, and for us probably, the prioritisation went into trying to get that all of that Skibbereen to Killarney route put in, which is going to be a tremendous success as well. I take the Deputy's point, and I will respond to him directly on that if he likes.
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