Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

As it is, Dublin Bus is trying to maintain services. How can it do so with less money? Since 2009, the public transport subvention has been cut by €55 million. The NTA aims to privatise 10% of all Dublin Bus routes. Can the Minister comment on that? Workers at those companies will be transferred to the private company under recent legislation, where they are supposed to be able to maintain their wages and conditions. As we saw with the Greyhound workers, that did not work out too well.

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