Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will also take this opportunity to bring to the attention of the Minister of State the withdrawal without any prior notice of a very important bus service in my area. On 6 June, I got a note from a commuter who used the 68X every morning to get to work. He was letting me know that after a full week of going down to the bus stop and waiting for his regular morning bus to get to work, it had not shown up once. He wondered what had happened to the 68X that week. Unbeknown to us as local representatives and without any communication whatsoever to the people using this service, Dublin Bus had cancelled it overnight. It gave no notice or communication. Eventually, it replied to my representations and directed me to a statement in which it had announced this withdrawal. Dublin Bus issued this statement one week after the 68X service had been cancelled. I was absolutely lost for words and will instead read the words of one of my constituents:

This whole episode is embarrassing, subpar and really needs investigating and some strong inputs from our Minister for Transport. If left unactioned, where is the next cut going to be? How might that affect the next group of employees trying to get to work and pay their taxes? Can you raise this with Minister Ryan, please?

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