Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Tánaiste for her reply, but the point is that it is being broken. It has been broken for the last two weeks. The company has written to every customer telling them that they must contact the company about their renewed contract. The Minister should not be monitoring it for the next two weeks. This is 14 July and the company is saying that people must pay in advance by 1 August. What will the Minister do now to take this company to task and to maintain the price freeze which he said was in place? What choice does Eva have? She has been told that she must pay €140 by 1 August if she wishes to maintain her service with Greyhound. I ask the Minister to be a little more urgent on this. We are familiar with Greyhound. The company has a reputation of contempt for its workers, such as the lock-out of 2014. Now it appears to have the same contempt for its customers and for the Minister. I urge the Minister to come to the Dáil quickly to state that he will introduce the legislation necessary to deal with this issue.

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