Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)

Such is the level of take-up of the service at the Marino end that by the time the bus reaches Ballybough and then Summerhill, it is already full to capacity. This means effectively that a reliable bus service is being denied to the people of Ballybough, Clonliffe and surrounding areas. This causes serious hardship to the community, elderly people in particular. An additional service, specifically for the Ballybough-Clonliffe area, is urgently required.

There is a similar situation along parts of the Navan Road in Dublin 7 where at peak hours in the morning when people are trying to get to work, buses coming from Blanchardstown are already full to capacity. This turns people off and away from using public transport and simply adds to the problem.

A further area in my constituency, East Wall, has never had a reliable bus service largely because it is an isolated docklands community and Dublin Bus simply does not have sufficient buses to provide the necessary service. From these three examples in Dublin city, it is evident that Dublin Bus requires an additional 500 buses as presented in the motion.

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