Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will be aware that there is a great deal of ambition and appetite for improved public transport in Cork but confidence in the system is unfortunately being seriously undermined. Our office is inundated with constant reports of buses not turning up or turning up an hour and 15 minutes late on services that are supposed to run every 20 minutes. Even with the timetable being reduced because the bus company could not meet what the NTA had set out, we have still seen buses running late and people being isolated over the last two weekends. Bus Éireann is short dozens of drivers. It is a serious problem. If public transport in Cork is to reach the next level, as it should, we need a very significant number of drivers to be recruited. What will the Taoiseach and Minister do to address the serious crisis in public transport in Cork?

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