Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Rural Bus Transport: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Stephen Kent:

We run the services based on commercial demand and that is it. It is there as a scheduled service. If there were more demand, we would probably seek to extend our licence. We are licensed at certain stops. We go through that in the same way as the commercial operators. Typically, if there is additional frequency demand, we will apply. If there is not, we do not do it. I am not discounting the Senator's point. There is usually a surge at this time every year where a lot of students settle into a pattern and get their classes. Right across the country we have a couple of capacity issues, but we try to address it if it comes back up. I take the point and we will look at that. It is busy. I guess that is a route at the moment that can be challenging at other departure times, and that is another thing.

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