Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Dublin Bus: Chairman Designate

2:35 pm

Mr. Ultan Courtney:

That is a big concern for Dublin Bus. I spoke to the CEO. In one of his initial briefings to me he outlined in detail what Dublin Bus was doing to ensure such disruption was minimised. The last thing we want is that people are left at places which are too far away from where they want to go. Some very good work is being done in that area and is ongoing. We do not know for certain what impact it will have. It is important from our perspective to know exactly what the proposals are, that they suit the customer, and, if they are not working, to move quickly to try to work around that. In an ideal world it would not happen, but it will happen, and we will try to ensure it will not have an impact on our customers and, if it does, that the disruption is minimal as far as possible.