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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Both.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: At the moment the public in Dublin are basically saying that service is not being delivered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I want to go to the heart of the matter. Mr. Edwards is telling me the company is down 45 drivers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am asking a very direct question. When will those 45 drivers be in situ?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the company have any other new routes? How many routes are not operating at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the company have any new routes coming?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will those 90 drivers be in situ? Is it the start of January?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What of the other 45?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the tracking system in Go-Ahead Ireland's buses linked into the NTA or is it stand-alone?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is fine. I move to Dublin Bus. Is there a crisis in the recruitment of bus drivers at the moment.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: No, I am asking if there is a crisis. I am asking a direct question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, why-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I take Senator Buttimer's viewpoint. I want to get facts here on the timeframe. Bus Éireann is down 150 drivers. What is its total number of drivers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Then that 150 is a fair percentage of the total number. When will those 150 drivers be in place? To operate the current service the company has, how many drivers is it short?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: When will those 150 be in situ?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: But that is no good. It is no good if 5% or 10% of the service is not working. The companies signed contracts with the NTA to be able to deliver a service. They have been fined by the NTA because they are not delivering the service, so this is very simple. I am asking why. The question for both Bus Éireann and Go-Ahead Ireland is why they did not plan to recruit these drivers...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dublin Bus is a large company. How did it get to a point that Ms Keane and her colleagues are before us because they are short 150 drivers and not delivering the service? Ms Keane expects the company will not have those drivers in place until early in the new year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Therefore, as we come into the busy Christmas period, both Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland will not be able to provide the level of service the public in Dublin are entitled to. The question is why did the companies not plan earlier for this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Ms Keane blaming it on Covid?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will go back to the point. When does a challenge become a crisis? If the company is short 150 drivers and cannot deliver a service, that is to me a crisis. Does Ms Keane accept that point?