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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Did the NTA expect it to cost €14.6 million?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: There is no competitive tension in the market from a public perspective because Go-Ahead is not a direct competitor on any particular route; the routes are designated.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: On the collection of data, I understand the fares collected by Go-Ahead go directly to the NTA. It is a different model from that of Dublin Bus. How does the authority ensure that this is inspected and that fares are collected and so on? Does it have a separate inspection or enforcement regime? If so, who operates it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The NTA is collecting information from Leap card use and from cash fares. Does it expect a particular proportion of fares to be paid in cash? I presume so.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The NTA also gathers data from the public services card, PSC.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The system does not differentiate between Go-Ahead, Dublin Bus or Irish Rail.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is there an apportionment, presumably proportionately, to the operator on an historical basis? Does that feed into the public service obligation, PSO, subvention?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: In proportion to the level of usage.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is that then given to the operator?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is the information received on the PSC that is fed back to the Department very general? Does it not include the names of the people using it?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: There are four different types of ticketing equipment. How did that happen? I presume it is different generations of apparatus. Is this the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I want to go back to a number of points. The NTA had consultancy costs that amounted to €3 million in 2018. What was this expenditure for? It looks like there were two different amounts. One amount was described as legal costs.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What were the legal costs? Did they relate to a case? Is it ongoing? What was its nature?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Are they recouped by fines? Bad weather is something we will experience as an island and there will be delays because of it but where a service has not been provided there have been quite sizeable fines for some of the operators. Is this balanced out?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: In the opening statement, it was mentioned that the NTA is below its staff complement. What is the optimum number and how many does it now have?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What is meant by "outsourced"?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Is that the ideal scenario? That may be more tenuous than having somebody there permanently.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: In any event, it is being paid for but it is suboptimum in terms of the stability of the organisation.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What is that associated cost?