Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport
Rural Bus Transport: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Creegan:
On the overall public transport experience, there is a lot more to be done on street-side infrastructure. That is the reality.
It is not within our gift to do a lot of it. We have to work through the local authorities. There are things like bus stop provision. The Deputy possibly heard earlier that we fund the local authorities to increase bus stop and bus shelter provision but then after that, investment is required in footpath connections, which then brings up issues of lighting in rural areas and crossing are needed. There is a lot to do. We do have a bus stop team within the NTA and it works with the local authority teams. We are gradually improving it but I accept entirely that there is a lot to be done in that area.
On disability training, others know it better than me but my understanding is that that type of knowledge is imparted as part of the training.
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