Shane McEntee (Meath, Fine Gael)

When one is caught in traffic on the Dublin roads, it is soul destroying to see an empty bus lane for 40 minutes. Any driver who breaks out on to it, if caught, will automatically receive penalty points. Students will often say that while waiting for a bus, many of them pass by full. We need extra buses and better use must be made of the bus corridors. People do not care whether the bus operators are private or Dublin Bus. Additional buses would see a reduction in the number of cars entering Dublin. Students travelling into Dublin do not get a fair service. Will the Minister of State take action in opening up the bus corridors? It is a waste of taxpayers' money. In Dunshaughlin, bus corridors were developed but no proper bus service was provided.

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