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. Stephen Millane:
The amount of drug dealing on buses has become so frequent that it is the norm now. If drivers reported everything, there would always be buses pulled over to the side of the street, and that is not an option. There are some brazen people who jump onto a bus and do drugs downstairs, but it generally happens upstairs. They roll joints, shoot up and so on. The driver has access to the cameras, but he or she is driving the vehicle, watching the road, dealing with passengers, pulling in, pulling out, etc. The driver is not watching what is happening upstairs. The only time a driver intervenes is when another passenger reports it or there is an incident. Drug use happens regularly. Even other passengers witness it regularly. That is on top of the antisocial behaviour that also happens.
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