Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Bus Éireann and Bus Átha Cliath: Chairpersons Designate

Ms Miriam Hughes:

The original costings were based on 100% of pre-pandemic passenger numbers. The commercial viability of all these routes was estimated on that basis. The support from the Government is very welcome because we are now operating at only 75% of those estimates. It is allowing us to continue on this basis, but we are reassessing this situation continually. We also have a new three-year plan, but that relies on passenger numbers recovering.