Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion
Mr. John Murphy:
Particularly on this issue, on security and safety, the NTA does not seem to want to engage. As Mr. Kane mentioned, the NTA has the responsibility for establishing by-laws on public transport. It has some in place; it could increase them. It could, as in the airport, appoint authorised officers with these powers. The deterrent will be the major plus, but to be able to remove people from the infrastructure and the vehicles and enforce prosecution is what we see as the real deterrent to alleviate and stop the problems people face daily.
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