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

I raise with the Tánaiste the unreliability of Go-Ahead bus services. Since BusConnects in Lucan, we have new local routes, but they are not reliable. In Lucan, we have the L51 and L52 routes, as well as the 175 route from Citywest to UCD. These are Go-Ahead routes, and all problem routes. When these buses do not arrive, that has consequences. People are left stranded and stuck. I have been told by older people in Lucan that they are not going out at night any more because they have been left standing at a bus stop, alone in the darkness, waiting for a bus that does not come. I have been told by students that they have to rely on public transport to get to college and they are missing lectures because the 175 bus does not show up. This is making us wonder whether the Go-Ahead service is named wrong, because it certainly does not go and it is certainly not ahead. These experiences are backed up by NTA fines. It is the experience of my constituents that Go-Ahead does not have the capacity or resources to fulfil its contractual obligations. What can be done?

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