Shane Moynihan (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

We have a situation, and it is very welcome, that we will have 12 core bus corridors being built across Dublin city over the next seven years, which I think is the timeframe Mr. Creegan gave. We know now that there will be roadworks, and congestion as a result, over the time ahead.

One frustration I hear from commuters is that they would like to be able to plan their public transport journey in a much better way. I have visited the facility at Go-Ahead and had conversations with Mr. Hahn and his team from Dublin Bus. It is apparent to me that at 8 a.m. on any given weekday morning, the bus companies will have a fair idea of what sort of service they will be able to provide on that route. If a driver has called in sick or a machine is not available, they can say with, I would say 95% accuracy, whether they will be able to provide a good, moderate or poor service on that route. The NTA has a very good app that is used for departures and cancellations. My frustration relates to why that information, which is being collected by the bus companies, cannot be pushed into an app that tells commuters at the start of the morning there is not a great service on the W4 or C1 today so they should make alternative arrangements now. This is as opposed to the situation we have, where people are standing looking a real-time information dashboard and a bus just disappears. Granted, there were particular issues last year, which have been dealt with, but in an age where data is the new oil, why are we not collating that sort of stuff in a very proactive way and giving that preview at the start?