Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I have tried to raise this on the Adjournment Debate but, in any event, I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to ask that the Minister for Transport urgently report to Dáil Éireann on what steps he is taking to effect the immediate resolution of the current industrial relations dispute which is causing chaos for commuters across Dublin, especially on the north and west sides of the city where there is a great dearth of public transport. I call on him to outline what initiatives he is taking to utilise all of the industrial relations machinery of the State to bring about an urgent end to the dispute, given that the current deplorable bus crisis ultimately resulted from the savage cutback in services, including the loss of almost 300 buses and 600 jobs, imposed on Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey.

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