Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Committee on Transport

National Transport Authority: Engagement

2:00 am

Mr. Hugh Creegan:

I might bring Mr. Nott in in a minute to talk about the number of roll-outs we had last year and what is planned for this year. One of the challenges is funding because all these services cost money. As we grow our transport system, the amount of subsidy the State needs to put into it is increasing. Having the funding to roll-out services is a limiting factor in what we can accomplish in any year.

Having said that, even if we had all the money in the world, there are personnel constraints as well. There are shortages of drivers in the industry and shortages of mechanics. I do not want to paint it as all a funding issue, but certainly over the coming years, funding will become the biggest constraint to rolling out the level of services people are looking for across the network.

In terms of what we are doing and what we plan to do, I will ask Mr. Nott to speak to that for a second.

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