Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply. I must say I am disappointed that the performance review does not recommend some changes to the Dublin-Cavan route. What I am talking about, in particular, is the need to introduce, in the morning time leaving Cavan, direct services from Cavan, through Virginia, Whitegate, which is on the Cavan-Meath border, then to Dublin. Similarly, in the late afternoon and early evening, I would advocate, as others would, for direct services from Busáras to Whitegate, Cavan, through Virginia to Cavan town.

What is happening at present - I hear it from commuters and Bus Éireann staff as well - is that when the 109 and 109X leave Busáras, sometimes they are full. They are not able to pick up passengers who are expecting to be able to get home on a scheduled service and there are passengers bound for County Cavan being left behind in the city of Dublin and in west Dublin and on into Meath.

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