Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I apologise to the Deputy if I did not mention the public transport end of the issue. There are more than 1,100 new buses at Dublin Bus, including 100 new buses delivered recently. The dispute centres on 50 of these buses being used on the Ballymun to Blackrock route and the introduction of the new north fringe route taking in Baldoyle, the Malahide road, Fairview, the city centre and Rathmines. I wish the chairman of the Labour Court and both sets of negotiators well this morning. I hope they can resolve these issues because it is a wet morning and 60,000 commuters have had to make alternative arrangements.

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