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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Aircoach is not as susceptible to antisocial behaviour, but its buses do not have any screens.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It should also include pursuing persistent offenders, who clearly think they can just do what they like regularly and cause trouble.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: In their own communities, by and large.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: At ones stage, more than 20 years ago, people were acting the eejit at UCD and services were being pulled out after a certain time. People got real very quickly about what they win versus what they lose. I will make a couple of very small points. On the Garda response time, when drivers have to press the button or something is happening they feel needs a Garda response, how does that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Was this on a Luas line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: If there is a Garda van on a Luas line, there is not much you can do about it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: They are patchy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: If a driver on a bus in a part of the suburbs is pressing a button because something is happening, what is Ms Armstrong's experience of the response time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: If Ms Armstrong does the last resort thing of stopping a bus and saying we are waiting for the Garda, these fellas just jump off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: All the passengers-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: The last thing elderly, immobile and older people want is to be stuck in the middle of nowhere, relatively speaking, trying to go home with their shopping or whatever it is. Is fare evasion still a big thing? I know it is not the drivers' job to collect fares as such, but if somebody gets on and does not pay, what do they do about it? What can they do about it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I know. I am not talking about the Luas but Dublin Bus. In the old days, you would not get past the door without handing over your coins. Does it happen much that people do not tap or pay?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: They also know there is no deterrent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I can see it from the drivers' point of view, they are trying to drive in hostile enough traffic at times and get people from A to B, they cannot be responsible-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: There were ticket inspectors and I know on the LUAS there are certainly people who check. Are there ticket inspectors on buses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is a small percentage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I do not know if the witnesses might have figures for the percentages of staff who are out on long-term sickness or illness because of either mental trauma or physical abuse they have encountered? Are there figures for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: You might know of people through your members who have been out. Mr. Wynne made reference to someone whose jaw was broken, that is shocking.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I can totally sympathise with that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)
Gerry Horkan: We have people here from LUAS and Dublin Bus and Irish Rail but SIPTU is representing Bus Éireann, GoAhead and Aircoach as well, they are bringing the experience from everybody to the table. I would like to thank SIPTU and all of the witnesses who turned up today for their participation in today's meeting. I would like to thank them and all of the people who work in public transport...