Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree on the bus stop issue. As the Deputy will recall, we were in Ennistymon recently and I decided to use one of the local services. I did not know where it stopped, which was confusing. There could have been better information online about the timetable and the route. I agree with the Deputy. This is starting to work but this could work even better. In many instances it would be great to have a bus stop with a shelter but that is a much more expensive and difficult operation. In some instances, it could be a plaque on a wall. That is needed as part of the new network we are rolling out as part of Connecting Ireland. It needs advertising, better organisation and a promotional campaign in order that everyone knows there is a significant expansion in rural public transport services. NTA is the key organisation managing and rolling it out, but local authorities are also involved. We must be careful that is does not become cumbersome. Everyone in this Chamber will know, as former councillors, sometimes getting a bus stop can cost a fortune and take years. We need to be quick. It needs to be simple, agile and low cost. We need the stop infrastructure and the advertising infrastructure for the new services.

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