Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
Rural Bus Transport: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
As I said in my opening statement, we have done three pilot areas. The first one only started in August, the second in September and the third on Monday. We need to see how they are working first and understand the full implications, such as what it is going to cost if we expand this across the country. We set the targets that if we run this for the guts of a year, we will then be able to conclusively say whether this is a really good idea and whether we would like to expand it everywhere, including the areas the Deputy referenced, or something different. So far it has been well used and well appreciated, but there all sorts of things we still need to figure out, including what it is ultimately going to cost. We need to run the pilot and then make a decision.
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