Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

A Vision for Public Transport: Discussion

9:00 am

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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-----based on a particular service, in that they intend to service, say, ten towns along a particular route. That is fine, and it is matching what Bus Éireann is doing, but Ms Graham is saying that a few months after the licence is awarded, a private operator can come in and tell her he is amending the service by reducing the number of towns being serviced, and she cannot refuse that person.