Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Committee on Transport
National Transport Authority: Engagement
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
I will address the issues on the existing network with capacity shortfalls because that is what the Deputy is touching on. I was answering what is happening under the new network. We try to address capacity shortfalls where we are aware of them. We were quite reliant until recently on drivers reporting capacity shortfalls on routes. We now have developed a tool to use Leap data. Even though those data only show where people tag on and not where they tag off, we have developed a method to deal with that. We are now in a position to identify the routes with capacity issues that we need to address. We are working through that. We will start adding capacity to certain routes in September. As the Deputy can imagine, capacity requirements reduce over the summer months but will ramp up again in September and October. We will try to address certain routes in the autumn of this year. We cannot address them all, however.
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