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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What can the NTA provide with its in-house real-time app that an organisation like Google Maps, which gets the correct data from the NTA, cannot provide?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Ms Graham will appreciate that there have been ghost buses and delayed times when the NTA's software was used.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Unfortunately, there is a vote in the Dáil. It will take time for us to get to the Chamber, so we will have to suspend. We will adjourn the meeting for approximately 25 minutes for a vote in the Dáil Chamber. We will be back here by 8.15 p.m. I apologise for the interruption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will continue with our deliberation on bus services in Dublin. Deputy O'Rourke had the floor and may continue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Before Deputy O'Rourke continues, Mr. Hann might conclude his point on the total numbers Dublin Bus will have by the end of 2023. He was just about to give that number before the committee suspended.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is the number that will be needed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are they running 24 hours?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the full Nightlink service?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Until what time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How will the service differ?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is as well as Friday and Saturday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In layman's terms, what will be the difference between the current service and what is in place over Christmas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does that require them to use the app?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to go back to the issue of taxis. Approximately two weeks ago I had to book a taxi through one of the taxi companies. The taxi was an hour late the following morning. I was late for my appointment. It was at a peak time between 8 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. I have made inquiries and anecdotally it appears that taxi drivers are not using the apps at particular times. My short journey was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am speaking about Dublin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question I would ask is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is this taxi drivers or taxi cars?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question then is about the patterns. A city may have a higher SPSV rate per 1,000 of population but if they do not work at peak hours or they are being quite selective when they work we may have a system where the average in real terms might be much lower than 3.7.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I use taxi drivers to go from here to Heuston Station when I am under time pressure. I always ask them whether they work at night. Nine times out of ten they no longer work at night. If I asked this question of them four years ago, most of them would have said they worked at night. Their patterns have changed. Ms Graham said the NTA wants its own passenger information system. I ask that...