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

The point I want to make is there are people getting on the buses that are bound for Cavan who are not travelling to County Cavan. They are getting off between Dublin and Cavan. When the buses arrive to either Virginia or Cavan town, those buses are not full. Cavan people quite understandably say to me - they would say it to Bus Éireann workers and others - that they were left behind. There were people on that Cavan bus who have very good services to other towns in County Meath, whereas if those few buses in the morning and few buses leaving Dublin in the evening time did not stop before they reached County Cavan, the problem would be eliminated.

We are not talking about huge extra capacity. We are talking about a reconfiguration of existing services in order that those who want to get to Cavan town will be fairly sure, after a hospital appointment in the Mater, Beaumont or whatever, if they go out to the bus, that they can expect to get on the bus at 4.30 p.m., as they cannot wait until 7 p.m. It is about a bit of common sense, and not looking for additional capacity as such. A reconfiguration could mean so much.

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