Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is causing huge difficulty and I wonder whether the Government will get involved. Bus Éireann is making allegations about drivers. The drivers are denying them and all the while many bus users are being completely inconvenienced. The Government needs to get a grip on Bus Éireann and get it to do what is necessary or, as some constituents are pointing out, perhaps ask Dublin Bus to service some of the routes particularly close to Dublin, because there are huge difficulties at present and people are being left completely stranded, particularly students who cannot use the private bus services going directly into town or use them at different times of the day.

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