Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
Rural Bus Transport: Discussion
2:00 am
Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
I am conscious of the time. I am asking for the criteria to be changed to allow for consideration, given that it is so early in the term. It is still before Hallowe'en and allowance should be made for that. I ask Bus Éireann to consider that again.
I also asked Mr. Kent about the Farranfore bus stop on the N22, which is located outside the local pharmacy. People are waiting there in cars to pick up and drop off passengers. Is there any update on my ask that the bus would go in and turn around in the railway station? There is a bus shelter there. As it is, people are left standing in the rain on both sides of a busy national primary route. When the bus pulls in, the queue can often stretch 1 km back up towards Killarney, and likewise in the other direction from Tralee. One lane of a narrow national primary route is blocked when the bus pulls in. Has Mr. Kent any answer to that?
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