Jerry Buttimer (Cork South-Central, Fine Gael)

She has made a very fair point. The network redesign and delivery by the NTA has continued over the past four years. It has rolled out the sixth phase of the redesigned bus network in Dublin, which includes state-of-the-art ticketing and providing cashless and account-based ticketing across bus and other public transport networks. We have seen new bus liveries, standardising the exteriors and interiors of buses across bus operators, along with new bus stops and shelters, but also providing enhanced bus stops with better route, fare and timetable information.

I will certainly ask the NTA to come back to the Deputy on her point on real-time passenger information. If people have no confidence in real-time passenger information, we are at nothing, leaving the whole system to break down.

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