Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Maybe the Department should be involved in the day-to-day operation of Go-Ahead, given that neither Go-Ahead nor the NTA can deliver the service that it has promised. This does not have to do with Covid or staffing issues. These problems have existed from the start, particularly on the 17 and 18 routes in my area. They have always been known as a joke, but parents have to rely on them if they are going to work in one direction and their kids are going to school in another. In the case of a woman who wrote to me last week, her kids were going to a bus stop at 7 a.m. to try to get to Coláiste Eoin and Coláiste Íosagáin, which are her closest schools and supposed to be on a direct route, but they cannot get there. Other people cannot get to their hospital appointments or doctor appointments and others are being challenged at work because they cannot get to work.

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