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Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: That is fine. I know it is at an early stage. I welcome the update on BusConnects, albeit limited. There are several other routes and the network of spines to be rolled out. I would welcome an update on when routes 13 and 15 are proposed to be implemented and, equally, some information on the E spine. In the documentation provided to the committee it was mentioned that a total of 12...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: That is the route 13. In effect, 15 has become 13.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Creegan for that clarity. I will turn to more localised issues in terms of the complaints procedure. Probably all Deputies on this committee are aware that there is quite a volume of complaints specifically about some of the private operators. In my case, the issue relates to Go-Ahead. I am aware of relentless and continuous complaints about bus services, between...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I will just cut across Mr. Gaston there. I am sorry, but this is not isolated to Covid. This is pre-Covid and it has continued. I am familiar with the 63 route. We could take this offline, but I can send Mr. Gaston a slew of complaints I have received specifically in respect of that route. The reason I raise the matter is because I and my constituents have constantly been sent the same...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: But it has a lot fewer routes.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I am sorry, but I have limited time on this. I just want to say to Mr. Gaston that this is not due to traffic, because the bus never appears. The bus is not in traffic. The bus never runs. The 7.15 bus on the 63 route does not appear. I have corresponded with the NTA and the response is not good. The response to constituents is even worse. At times, they do not get responses. I am...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Could Ms Graham give a flavour of what kind of numbers we are talking about?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Does Ms Graham have actual figures? Are there numbers?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: That seems-----

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I ask Ms Graham to furnish the information to the committee, perhaps with actual numbers. I appreciate they are calculated per 100,000. It would be good to get the raw numbers. Several internal reviews were done and with the exception of July 2020 when it was done by McCann FitzGerald and November 2021 when it was done by KPMG, a total of 19 other internal reports were conducted by RSM....

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: By the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: By the NTA.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the witnesses.

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: In the few minutes I have, I wish to raise two issues. One concerns security. My colleague mentioned the fear, particularly of women, on public transport, but it also applies to teenagers, the elderly and other users of public transport services. I am aware that there are private security firms, which I understand are hired by the operators, if I am not mistaken. As the transport...

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Is it a requirement that the operators have to pay for that?

Public Accounts Committee: National Transport Authority: Financial Statements 2020 (27 Jan 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Gaston for the response. The feedback I get is that the platform is not the most dangerous part. It is when they are on the actual transport facility, whether that is a bus, DART or a Luas. On a bus, the emphasis is on the driver to monitor what is happening on board, as well as maintaining safety on the road. I believe there needs to be a dedicated Garda unit to this, whereby...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 29. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [4810/22]

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I join my colleagues in extending my condolences to the family of Noel Treacy, who, as a Member of this House, represented Galway East for almost 30 years. In my time knowing Noel and campaigning with him, I was always amazed by his ability with names and his connection with people up and down the country. He will be fondly remembered in this Chamber by all people of all parties and none....

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: He would get away with it.

Public Accounts Committee: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (3 Feb 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I welcome our guests. I do not intend to go over some of the questions that have already been asked. I agree with the comments Deputy McAuliffe made about the perception of delays in the MetroLink project and what that means for its delivery. I remember a lot of publicity about the Metro green line. I also remember going to various public consultations. Can our guests tell us how much...