Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister provide an update on the measures he is taking to ensure passengers are kept safe on board our public transport infrastructure throughout the country? As he will be aware, we have had several incidents over the years whereby workers on public transport have been attacked and verbally abused. People do not want to work driving buses, trains or trams any more because of these issues. We also have big issues with passengers feeling endangered. There is open drug dealing and people using threatening and abusive behaviour towards other commuters. People do not feel they have safe public transport, particularly late in the evenings in our capital city. It has become very dangerous to use public transport. We have long called for the application of a public transport policing system to be put in place and we need to see it happen as quickly as possible.

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