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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Will this lead to private carriers? Will the NTA be tendering out to private companies?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is good. I want to ask about the city services such as the service in Waterford. That is subsidised-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: -----and we are starting such a service in Kilkenny. Will the NTA be subsidising that as well?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is that all under the NTA's remit?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is welcome. I want to ask about the management of the green schools travel programme. What is that about? Does the NTA have anything to do with the Bus Éireann service for school buses? If it does not, we will have a big argument. Bus services for schools are a big thorn for us in rural Ireland. I see mention of the green schools travel programme. Could funding come from that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: How is that funded and advertised? What way will it be rolled out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is the NTA in charge of the greenways such as the walk from Waterford to Dungarvan and the one from New Ross to Waterford that is coming on stream? Is the NTA subsidising that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I want to know about the taxi services. There was a big complaint about Dublin having too many taxis. It is not as big a problem out the country. Is there still a problem with taxis? Can anyone get a taxi ad lib today anywhere in Ireland? Is the NTA in control of it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: For hackneys as well?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Anybody who wants a licence goes through the NTA, therefore. Has Dublin always been oversubscribed with taxis as the taxi drivers say? I hear the complaints about there being too many taxis and I often hear there are more taxis in Dublin than in New York. Does the NTA hear that? Are the taxi drivers right in what they are saying?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: It is regulating itself, then. Is that so?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is that problem mostly in Dublin or is there a problem with that in any other part of the country?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I want to ask about regulation enforcement. I always hear about people coming home and going out for four hours working as a taxi driver when they do not even have a licence. Does the NTA have an enforcement regulation? How does it enforce it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is that the NTA's role or the Garda's role?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: That is good to hear. I mention income from fees. Enforcement income was €83,000 and other taxi income was €630,000. Will the witnesses give me a breakdown on that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I want to ask about clamping. Is the NTA in charge of the clamping activity around the country, particularly in Dublin, which we all experience?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Is it not mostly private companies that are doing it anyway?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Are local authorities in charge of that in Kilkenny and Waterford, for example?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: I see the NTA is in charge of electronic tolling service providers. I remember talking about this before and the lack of tolling on the Waterford and Limerick bypasses. They were not self-sufficient. In other words, the money coming in from the public private partnership was not sufficient. Is that still the case? Is the taxpayer still subsidising it, especially in Waterford and...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Bobby Aylward: The briefing document says the NTA operates "as the national conciliation body for electronic toll service providers".