Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We want BusConnects, but it will take years. These are the facts. Today, people in Cork are not getting buses because they are delayed or have been cancelled. I need an answer from the Minister today. Will he provide additional funding for bus drivers?

A young man going to college every day needs to take the 201 bus service. Nine days out of ten, the bus never turns up or is delayed. How can a person depend on that service? A lady in Ballyvolane looked at the app last week, which told her that the bus was cancelled. She walked home to get her car to drive to work and the bus passed her by on the road. The app is not accurate. That must be fixed. People cannot get to work, college schools or hospitals. I was in CUH recently and spoke to people who were waiting on buses in the freezing cold. Elderly and sick people told me the bus service in Cork is not dependable.

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