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

Catherine Murphy: I will go to something else. I may follow up if we get a second opportunity. The NTA planned routes. To what extent was this a desktop exercise? I will give two examples. The NTA planned on putting the W8 on, which was an orbital route from Maynooth to Tallaght. It was a great idea which I really supported. Just before it was to be introduced, the NTA discovered there was a bridge over...

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

Catherine Murphy: I looked at all of the hospitals in my area and measured the distances involved. I know my area well. By some distance, no route was preferable to getting into a car, in terms of the time it took and the cost. I would have thought the NTA would consider a key issue like hospital services.

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

Catherine Murphy: I will show Ms Graham exactly what I mean.

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

Catherine Murphy: My question is the one the witnesses are expecting me to ask them. It relates to the bolt-on process, or likely bolt-on process, with regard to Kilcock and DART+ West. Is the NTA working on a bolt-on process? As the witnesses are aware, there will be big railway sheds in Kilcock. The train is coming to Kilcock but people cannot get on or off and the railway station is only a few hundred...

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

Catherine Murphy: I do not need Mr. Creegan to explain that to me.

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

Catherine Murphy: Is it likely to run in tandem with the project?

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

Catherine Murphy: It is a very definite ambition.

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

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Creegan. As regards bus shelters, I suppose the NTA has been saying the exact same thing we all have been saying - is it ever going to stop? We have had rain non-stop for months. How do you get bus shelters? Under BusConnects, people are going to be told they have to get off and wait, to use that as an example. People cannot be told they have to bring their umbrellas with...

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

Catherine Murphy: I am telling you that it is.

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

Catherine Murphy: I can tell Mr. Ryan that it would never have approved what was approved with BusConnects before-----

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

Catherine Murphy: Obviously, the rules in that regard were changed. There is no pull-in bay. All it does is put a stop on and put a big square in the middle of the road where you cannot achieve-----

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

Catherine Murphy: I appreciate that. All I can say is that it was not possible to get bus stops before and suddenly there is a plethora of bus stops that are nothing but yellow paint and a bus stop.

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

Catherine Murphy: I am not against extra bus stops. It needs to be convenient for people to get on buses. They cannot be expected to walk long distances to the stops.

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

Catherine Murphy: I completely appreciate that and I know about the resistance. However, I have noticed a big difference before and after BusConnects, for what it is worth. With regard to active travel, there is still a de facto embargo on local authorities in terms of staffing. There is a disproportionate number of staff. The staff ratio is different in different parts of the country. For example,...

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

Catherine Murphy: I want a few notes on different things. I would like the NTA to provide a note on the satisfaction surveys it intends to carry out. There was mention of June and July. July is not the optimum time to do surveys, with people being away and that. I ask the NTA to give us a note on how it is going to conduct that and what kinds of questions it is going to ask. I am interested in how the...

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

Catherine Murphy: I used this example because it is very recent and is not Covid-related.

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

Catherine Murphy: There has been a significant investment, as Ms Graham would point out. There is the C spine in BusConnects. I have criticisms of aspects of it but the traffic has grown.

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

Catherine Murphy: That is telling us something. We are starting to see that tenure type and costs in the city centre means that people are moving further out. In fact, the city is not growing in the way it was planned to grow in the mid-1990s. The plan was that there would be higher density housing in the city centre and lower density housing further out. What is happening now is that fully formed families...

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

Catherine Murphy: I have a question on Dart+ West and Dart+ South West. I hope I have the names right but I am referring to the service to Hazelhatch, although I would like it to go further, and the service to Kilcock. What forward planning is the NTA doing in relation to rolling stock? Is sufficient stock available? I understand that there is a long lead-in time. Is the NTA holding off until it sees...

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

Catherine Murphy: Finally, I want to ask about the L58. I am not talking about taking a service away from people but I told the NTA it would not work before it was introduced. I do not think it was the original plan and it is not meeting people's needs. The service is there but obviously people are not using it. That said, we cannot leave people stuck either. There is a big industrial development planned...