Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority

9:30 am

Ms Anne Graham:

They are a licensed commercial service. We do not have any regulatory input into their operations. It would be different if it were a contracted service. If there was a loss of service, we obviously would not pay for that service. When it is commercially operated, our role is really just in assessing whether there is demand for that service and licensing it. The conditions we can impose are really related to accessibility and emissions standards, but that is the limit of it. There is no performance regime associated with it or any penalties that we can apply. It is not being allowed for in the legislation.