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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Is anybody looking to see what happens here? It is licensed to operate a route.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: The NTA issues the licence. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is a good enough service. I said it is excellent because it is 24 hours.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: You might have that conversation with them, would you?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: They are regularly broken down. I regularly pass them broken down at the side of the motorway.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: If somebody is going to the airport, they have to be there two hours before.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: If there is a licence, is there nothing about arrival times and punctuality?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: What has to be done to include that then?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Will you ask them for a report on how often they broke down? What happens is the next bus picks them up. It is the only fault in that service, and where people are going to the airport, I get occasional complaints about it. I travel up and down the motorway and can see what is happening. The green bus is regularly broken down.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: It is a good service every other way. I acknowledge that. On the issue of connecting Local Link services to other services, the NTA cannot help it if, for example, a railway station is on one side of the town centre and bus drop-off points are on the other. The distance is not far, but are the connections with Local Link services under constant review? Helpfully, Local Link services...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: There were some complaints about the Abbeyleix-Durrow route, although I have not heard of many recently. The NTA ties Local Link services in as far as it can.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: We will move on to our second round of questions. I call Deputy Ó Cathasaigh. He can have six minutes and we will see how we go. We might be able to allow subsequent contributions.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Does Mr. Creegan wish to respond to that?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Thank you. The issue of bus stops and bus shelters has been covered and the NTA is going to supply information on that. The only thing I would say about the bus breakdown is that a requirement for a report to be given to the NTA in regard to service provision and the quality and efficiency of the service be put into the licence requirement. Can that happen and if not, why not?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Okay. I will move on to the purchase of buses for companies. Is it only on the PSO routes that they are purchased? Does the NTA purchase them outright and pay the full price upfront?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Figures were given in some of the briefing information on the number of buses. How many companies benefit from that scheme?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: With regard to the operation, at what point are those vehicles taken out of service? Is there a best-by date? Do they reach that point at, say, ten or 15 years?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Why is it ten years for taxis?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: I would argue in regard to taxis that the NTA should be looking at the mileage, not just the age.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: National Transport Authority (2 May 2024)

Brian Stanley: Somebody could be operating locally. I know cars where a high mileage has been put on in the first three years but somebody living next door might have very low mileage. It is the same with taxis, some of which operate very locally. Taxi drivers who are pushing on in age may not want long routes. That should be factored in. Going back to the buses which are taken out after 12 years, is...