Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 May 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority

9:30 am

Ms Anne Graham:

When a commercial operator looks at the services it will provide and seeks a licence, it makes a commercial decision on whether the demand is there to operate that level of service. Aircoach has made a commercial decision that the demand is not there for it to be able to operate after 8 p.m., based on the demand it estimates. That is the decision. If an operator reduces its services, there is nothing we can do under the licensing system to be able to force it to operate when it estimates that there is no commercial demand.