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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: When we dealt with this issue previously we were afraid of the cliff edge. That can was obviously kicked down the road. Ms Graham is fairly sure that there is a decent pipeline or throughput we will get to and that we are dealing with a system that is sustainable. There is then that wider issue where one will hear stories of there being no taxis available, which may be on Friday and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: The NTA appeared before the committee before, where we had an element of chaos as people were pointing out the ghost services which were appearing on the app and the buses themselves not appearing. I received the NTA’s opening statements but I have missed most of the committee’s proceedings, so my apologies if I am about to go through everything again. From the little I heard,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Just to get it clear in my head, real-time passenger information was fed in real-time by Dublin Bus’s system. What did Ms Graham call that again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: What was it doing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: The problem then was in the AVL and that information was then being transferred to the RTPI------
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that and there will always be glitches but I do not fully understand how it happened in that one is getting a direct feed from the bus. What was actually happening with the bus then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: This question is prompted by my own curiosity, and my apologies to our guests for this.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: That makes sense which I can understand. At the end of the day the AVL system is literally just GPS co-ordinates which are coming from a bus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I get that it predicts-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Initially, it was not that clever but it has been fixed to be somewhat more clever now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is fixed now and is being constantly refined and reviewed. It will be spectacular, then, by the end of Christmas. On the numbers to deal with the Christmas period, from the little that I have heard, is Dublin Bus in a better situation than it was previously?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I assume the same is the case for Go-Ahead Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Mr. Edwards was talking about workforce planning, visas for foreign workers, and all of the rest of it. Bus drivers were one of those groups he talked about. At this point, are the companies reasonably happy that there is a sufficient pipeline there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: Has Go-Ahead Ireland a sufficient number of drivers and all that is required to offer the service right now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: What is the timeline on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: From best to worst case scenario, when will Go-Ahead Ireland have-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: There will be difficulties, then, across Christmas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is the baling twine to keep the engine going solution. I know, and needs must, and all of that. Nobody will complain as long as the service is there.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)
Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am talking about where baling twine is used to keep the engine going.