Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As we go around to canvass in Mayo, transport and public transport are among the biggest issues that come up. In addition to the lack of bus shelters and basic transport infrastructure, what comes up is the lack of interconnectedness between private and public operators and between city buses run by the likes of Bus Éireann, Citylink and GoBus and Iarnród Éireann services. For example, in Ballina, the GoBus service is not allowed to stop at the train station or the main bus station. It has to carry people another half mile down the road. It makes no sense whatsoever. This means that passengers on the GoBus service miss the bus to Blacksod or in other directions. Will the Taoiseach instruct TII to look at these situations, especially those across County Mayo I am interested in, to see if there is a better way to do things and whether we can have better co-operation and collaboration between routes to provide people with a proper service?

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