Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Committee on Transport

National Transport Authority: Engagement

2:00 am

Joanne Collins (Sinn Fein)

That is great. It is just about having that service. As I said, the Local Link service is great but that is for those over a certain age who are not trying to get to a job, school or college at a certain time. The times on that route do not seem to work. The buses are single capacity. Even if the NTA could look at providing double-deck buses, it would help. We have college students being left at the side of the road for two hours in the morning and again in the evening. On the reverse route, the bus arrives every two hours after 5.30 p.m. That is great for those working a nine-to-five day and can make it to the bus for 5 p.m. Retail and hospitality are not nine-to-five jobs. If people do not make the 5.30 p.m. bus, they are looking at 7.30 p.m. or 9.30 p.m., which is the last one out of the city.

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