Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Select Committee on Transport
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)
It is related. What we are looking at doing is ensuring we get that balance between the PSO payment, the increased passenger payment, the increased passenger numbers and the fare initiatives. Deputy Daly spoke about the Leap card and there is that move from cash to Leap payment. Then there is maintaining the PSO level of provision along with the fare initiatives. I make the point again we have seen passenger numbers increase. The volume is there. If you take the question of the roll-out of the new BusConnects you will have an increase in service provision which is a good news story.
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