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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Hann. The last of our witnesses is Ms McKay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: For the benefit of those who are not members of the committee, we will go through those on the speaking roster and those who are members of the committee first. We will then go to people who have been designated as substitutes for other committee members with all other Members after that. I know we have some non-members here at the moment. Each speaker will have ten minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am reluctant to interrupt the Deputy in mid-flight, but he might want to allow a bit of time for the various witnesses to respond to him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It was a very good speech, I have to say.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That includes just outside this building quite often.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It is in millions anyway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Does Dublin Bus operate routes in Dublin as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The Deputy has strayed already.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The Deputy strayed out of Dublin a while ago.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The Deputy has used his time very effectively.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If members in their offices hear the Deputy saying that, they may decide to come down to the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I have my own connections with Limerick so I gave the Deputy more latitude than I probably should have. I will contribute next. I thank the witnesses for being here. As everyone has acknowledged, this meeting is a follow-up to a meeting that occurred when the situation was not as positive as it is at the moment. I will address, as others have, the events of last Thursday. I was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: So the National Transport Authority licenses the commercial services, as well as those which require subsidy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I have one final question. On new route development, and I have seen these S4s, S6s in my own area and so on, but how much "going out to the public" does the NTA do with regard to people who live in Stillorgan and work in Blanchardstown, or people who live in Greystones and work in Balbriggan, or wherever? I know that there are certain routes which are there and are relatively...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The NTA is also open to suggestions from members of the public-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: -----who might say that they are looking for a route from A to B.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I found it online but I was not really aware of it until I saw buses going places I had not seen before with new letters and numbers. I thank Ms Graham. I call Mr Hann to reply now, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: We are all on that same page.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Hann. I am not sure if I have any other points which Go-ahead Ireland may wish to respond to there. I welcome the new routes which are operating in my area and wish the company well with them. With regard to last Thursday, was Go-Ahead Ireland affected as much, and perhaps not as much because this company covers the orbital routes rather than the radial routes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It is something we all hope will never happen again. Again, on behalf of the committee and on my own behalf, I thank everybody in the public transport system for all they do, including, to be fair to any taxi drivers who are looking in, where there was a great number of taxi drivers who were doing a great deal of work, and had to do a great deal more work because of what was going on, and...