Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to know whether a cost-benefit analysis was carried out. The PSO subsidy is in place. Will savings accrue from it? As far as I can see, that seems to be one of the issues involved. Will it lead to a reduction in passenger numbers? A significant effort has been put into Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann to increase passenger numbers and put a proper public system in place. That has been working. Will there be an analysis of the impact that it will have on communities? How does one assess various routes that help people who are affected by a disability or who have bus passes? These concessions have all been hard fought for and won and we are going to throw them away.

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