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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)
Duncan Smith: ...the much-delayed transport forum that was set down in the 2008 Act or is it a more informal forum being set up? Is it the view of the transport companies that we need a dedicated unit within An Garda Síochána for transport workers and the transport sector? If there is time, I would like to come back in with some other questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)
...with conflict situations. We have 14 CCTV cameras on our buses, protective screens for drivers, communication between the driver and the central control room, a close working relationship with An Garda Síochána and lots of other procedures. We are reviewing them to see if we can make them more robust. I do not know if transport police is the answer to the current problem. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)
Duncan Smith: ...of an hour. It can be the same person or group but they know that the private security firms do not have any powers of arrest. There is a debate around whether we should use private security or gardaí. What is required is a multifaceted approach but the debate is in this space at the moment so I just want to speak to that. I believe there is a Garda solution that has to be part of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)
Réada Cronin: ...yet. The driver managed to keep the bus from going on to the other side of the road which was marvellous because that could have been catastrophic. There seemed to be no health and safety organisation. The Garda never came out. The passengers could not get the front door open. It was like something one would see in a film. This was during busy rush hour traffic at 5.30 p.m. on a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)
James Lawless: ...the justice committee, which is where I normally am at this time on Tuesday afternoon. We prepared a report on parking enforcement, which has been laid before the Houses, etc. Hopefully, the Garda is paying attention as well. The report essentially states that we should not tolerate this, be it a van on Capel Street or a truck, a car or whatever else at a bus stop. Some people see it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Challenges Facing the Bus and Coach Industry: Discussion (8 May 2024)
...at present with regard to the services we provide. One of the issues we find on the services when they are very busy is antisocial behaviour, particularly on the quays. We work very hard with An Garda Síochána on this. If we are looking to extend licensing hours, we need to have a look and make sure there will be no unintended consequences with regard to antisocial behaviour....